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A Federal Court in North Carolina has conditionally certified a nationwide class action lawsuit challenging Uber’s classification of approximately 18,000 drivers as independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The case proceeds on behalf of drivers who opted out of the company’s mandatory arbitration clause, marking one of the largest coordinated arbitration opt-out…

The Fourth Circuit reopened the door for a class action suit to proceed against a South Carolina company on allegations of racial discrimination. The suit started with seven black plant employees who brought suit in 2004 on behalf of a proposed class including more than 100 former and current black employees. The plaintiffs alleged that…