Bloomberg Law
Feb. 23, 2016, 11:03 PM UTC

With Death of Scalia Comes Uncertainty for Labor Cases

Bloomberg Law - Staff Reports

By Jay-Anne Casuga, Perry Cooper and Gerald B. Silverman, Bloomberg BNA

The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia could potentially affect the outcomes of several labor and employment law cases pending before the high court, employment law professors and other observers told Bloomberg BNA.

Among the cases that could be affected are those pertaining to class certification standards in wage and hour litigation.

Observers told Bloomberg BNA that although Scalia generally has sided with employer positions in previous split court decisions, he had not always done so.

Furthermore, they said it is difficult to predict, even following oral ...

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