Mealey's (March 31, 2022, 7:14 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Calling “draconian” a trial court’s assignment of $0 valuation to a minimum wage claim where the court disagreed with the employer’s hourly wage figure, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 17 reversed a remand order in a putative class complaint by an employee, opining that the employer sufficiently showed that the amount in controversy exceeds the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) $5 million threshold....