Judge Won't Certify Class of Health Workers in No-Poach Suit, Law360

Morgan Lewis secured a significant victory for DaVita, with partners Jack Dodds, Molly Moriarty Lane, Clay Everett, and Ken Kliebard and associates Nathan Shapiro, Jason Chrestionson, Staci Holthus, and Al Hassani representing the company in a high-profile labor antitrust class action.

As reported by Law360, the team represented DaVita in litigation alleging that no-poach agreements among healthcare employers suppressed employee compensation and affected thousands of workers nationwide.

The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied plaintiffs’ motion to certify a proposed class of more than 6,000 current and former employees, finding that individualized issues concerning job titles, skills, geographic markets, and compensation outweighed any common questions. The court also rejected plaintiffs’ primary methodology for establishing classwide wage suppression, concluding that the proposed evidence could not demonstrate injury and damages across the diverse employee population.

The ruling represents a significant class certification victory in a case seeking more than $2 billion in damages and underscores the rigorous standards plaintiffs must satisfy to establish classwide impact in labor antitrust litigation.

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