Wage and hour count

From http://entertainingemploymentlaw.blogspot.com/2008/04/wage-and-hour-class-actions-by-numbers.html:

The authors performed an interested count of wage and hour cases in the month of March. Highlightt:

Primarily TargetedFood (e.g., coffee shops, franchises, wineries) (14 wage/hour actions)Financial Services (e.g., Prudential, JP Morgan, Countrywide) (9 wage/hour actions) Entertainment (e.g., Casinos, Clubs, Theaters) - 6 wage/hour actions)

Busiest Plaintiffs' counsel -George Kingsley of Kingsley & Kingsley.

Top Five Busiest Courts for wage and hour class actions (March 2008) -
LA Superior Court (39 wage/hour class cases);
Federal District Court, Central District (22 wage/hour class cases); San Diego Superior (11 wage/hour class cases);
Alameda Superior (7 wage/hour class cases);

Orange County Superior (5 wage/hour class cases). Most interesting March 2008 case - Bissett v. Sutter Health, et. al (and I mean et al. - lots and lots of hospitals - throughout California). Plaintiffs counsel is Robert Cantore of Gilbert Sackman. The firm's website (which prominently displays their representation of unions) is here.