Mealey's (October 26, 2020, 11:12 AM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — In an Oct. 21 ruling, a federal judge in New York directed a federal magistrate judge in New York to revisit her 2017 report and recommendation (R&R) that a motion to certify two proposed subclasses in a dispute over alleged wage violations by an Applebee’s restaurant franchisor should be granted (Carlos Marin, et al. v. Apple-Metro, Inc., et al., No. 12-5274, Shaunta Dove, et al. v. Apple-Metro, Inc., et al., No. 13-1417, E.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195258)....