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Nichols Kaster represented an individual employee all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and received a favorable ruling, which clarified that the anti-retaliation provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act protect employees against retaliation from their employer when they verbally complain about wage and hour violations.

The Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a favorable decision obtained by our attorneys, holding that a collective group of utilization review nurses working for an insurance company qualified to receive overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Previously, after a bench trial, the district court awarded damages to the nurses and entered judgment in the total amount of $1,024,484.67. The court found that plaintiffs submitted sufficient evidence to create a just and reasonable inference as to overtime hours worked by the collective and awarded liquidated damages (double recovery).

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled in our client's favor, reversing the district court's dismissal of her complaint against a student loan guarantor for wrongfully charging her with collection fees while she was complying with a repayment plan. Nichols Kaster went on to achieve a class-wide settlement totalling $23,000,000 on behalf of student loan borrowers who were similarly charged collection fees while they were actively repaying their loans.

Nichols Kaster successfully staved off attempts to dismiss the claims of a class of current and former employees at American Airlines who participated in the company's 401(k) retirement plan. Shortly thereafter, the parties settled the case for a total of $22,000,000.

Nichols Kaster represented a collective and class of 2,300 adult entertainers and successfully obtained a ruling that the entertainers qualified as employees, and not independent contractors, entitled to minimum wages under state and federal law. Our attorneys went on to achieve a strong $15,000,000 settlement for the class.