Samuel S. Shaulson

• Obtained Second Circuit decision that a waiver of the right to bring a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act is enforceable.
• Represented the Mortgage Bankers Association before the DC Circuit and the US Supreme Court in challenging the Department of Labor's first-ever Administrative Interpretation concluding that loan originators cannot qualify for the administrative overtime exemption.
• Represented the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association in a landmark decision from New York's highest court, ruling that an employer can make adjustments for assistant compensation costs, errors, losses, marketing expenses, and other business costs as part of the calculation of commissions without violating the wage deduction law.
• Defeated class certification for a major financial institution in an action claiming that financial advisors were denied overtime pay and their wages were subject to improper deductions.
• Defeated nationwide collective action certification for a major financial institution in an action claiming that loan officers were denied overtime pay.
• Defeated nationwide class certification for a major telecommunications company in one of the largest discrimination class actions ever brought, claiming that African-Americans were denied promotions into management, were subject to unequal pay, were subject to employment tests having a disparate impact, and were subject to race-based, subjective stereotyping.
• Obtained dismissal of Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank whistleblower complaint alleging that one of the largest industrial companies unlawfully terminated him because he “blew the whistle” on various alleged fraudulent schemes.
• Obtained summary judgment on claims that information technology professional was misclassified as overtime exempt, thereby mooting class and collective action claims.
• Defeated class certification of claim that financial services sales representatives were required to work off-the-clock.
• Obtained summary judgment in information technology overtime misclassification case where the court ruled that a reclassification of employees from exempt to nonexempt does not raise an issue of fact for trial or create an issue of fact on willfulness.
• Defeated class and collective action certification in a case claiming that accountants were misclassified as overtime exempt.
• Obtained dismissal of numerous class and collective actions based on arbitration agreement containing a class and collective action waiver.
• Defeated nationwide collective action certification and class certification for a large retailer in an action claiming that store managers and assistant store managers were denied overtime pay.
• Defeated wage and hour collective action certification for a large food services provider in an action claiming that assistant managers were misclassified as exempt from overtime.
• Defeated nationwide class certification for a major US air carrier in an action testing the compatibility between the American Disabilities Act and Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Defeated a TRO and a preliminary injunction in an action seeking to enjoin a major computer company from releasing its latest enterprise backup and storage software advertised during the Superbowl.
• Prosecuted more than 150 criminal defendants at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office for crimes such as aggravated assault, gun possession, robbery, burglary, possession with intent to distribute, theft, and DWI.

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