Case: Wage & Hour/Fair Labor Standards Act (D. Nev.)

A Nevada federal district court granted a former distribution center employee’s motion to transfer venue to the Northern District of California in a Fair Labor Standards Act class and collective action against Levi Strauss & Co. alleging unpaid overtime for time spent waiting to clock in and out, finding that transferring the case would eliminate personal jurisdiction issues for a nationwide collective action based on a recent Ninth Circuit decision requiring personal jurisdiction for each claim in FLSA actions.

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