(March 9, 2018, 7:30 AM EST) -- EL PASO, Texas — A Texas federal judge on March 1 declined to dismiss or transfer a wage collective action against a Jimmy John’s franchisee, finding that the lead plaintiff’s participation in a separate consolidated collective action bringing similar claims against various Jimmy John’s corporate entities did not bar his claims against the franchisee (Eric Hart v. Donostia LLC, No. 17-134, W.D. Texas, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35503)....