Strippers Must Be ID’d in Wage Class, But Claim Info Too Much

The Fifth Circuit ordered a strip club in San Antonio to turn over the names and arbitration agreements of dancers who might belong to an overtime-related Fair Labor Standards Act collective, but said it didn’t have to produce information related to prior arbitrations.

The identifying and agreement information will help determine which dancers are bound by valid arbitration agreements and who are therefore unable to receive notice of the action, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said June 19 in an unpublished ruling.

But the appeals court only partly affirmed the Texas federal court’s discovery order. In ...