Case: Wage & Hour/Settlement Agreement (D. Md.)

A Maryland federal district court denied a joint motion for settlement of an employee’s Fair Labor Standards Act dispute with Meridian Senior Living LLC, where the court cannot determine if the agreement is fair and reasonable, because it attempts to settle claims on a classwide basis before class members know of the suit or their ability to opt-in, no estimate of the range of recovery for claimants has been provided, the agreement’s release is overbroad, and it has a confidentiality provision.