Can employers stop class actions before they start?

Can an employer, faced with a purported class action under the Fair Labor Standards Act, avoid litigation by immediately offering a settlement to the sole plaintiff before a class is certified? The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tackled that question recently during oral arguments in the case of Genesis Healthcare Corp.



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