9th Circuit Again Finds Wage Claims Against Craft Stores Are Time-Barred

Mealey's (July 19, 2016, 10:38 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 15 granted a petition for panel rehearing and/or clarification filed by the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit accusing a retailer of wage violations but issued an accompanying order nearly identical to the one issued on May 19 in which it reversed a district court’s denial of the employer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings (L. Anderson v. Michaels Stores Inc., No. 14-56726, 9th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 13055 and 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 13056)....