Split 6th Circuit Affirms $6.55M Exotic Dancers’ Wage Class Settlement

Mealey's (June 5, 2019, 1:49 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A district court did not abuse its discretion in approving a $6.55 million settlement to be paid by nightclub owners who were accused of federal and state wage violations by exotic dancers over the objections of four class members who argued in part that a secondary pool functioned as coupons pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), a divided Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled June 3 (Jane Does 1-2, et al. v. Déjà Vu Consulting, Inc., et al., Nos. 17-1801/1802/1827, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 16562)....