Mealey's (October 29, 2018, 1:49 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge on Oct. 26 denied certification of a class of tipped restaurant employees in a lawsuit seeking unpaid wages under state law but granted conditional certification of a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), ruling that the lead plaintiffs meet the “lenient standard for conditional certification” (Nicolas J. Wright v. Ristorante La Buca Inc., et al., No. 18-2207, E.D. Pa., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 183543)....