Issue: Unlawful denial of overtime pay
Result: $185 million settlement
Year: 2022

Senne v. Major League Baseball, No. 14-cv-00608 (N.D. Cal.).

Lieff Cabraser represented current and former Minor League Baseball players employed under uniform player contracts in a class and collective action seeking unpaid overtime and minimum wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act and state laws. The complaint alleged that Major League Baseball (“MLB”), the MLB franchises, and other defendants 50 paid minor league players a uniform monthly fixed salary that, in light of the hours worked, amounted to less than the minimum wage and an unlawful denial of overtime pay.

In August 2019, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld certification of a California Class, overturned the denial of certification of the Arizona and Florida Classes, and affirmed the certification of an FLSA collective action. In July 2022, the defendants agreed to pay a total of $185 million to settle the case.

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