In A Stark Bench-Slap, The Eighth Circuit Affirms An Attorneys’ Fee Award Of $500 For FLSA Collective Action Settlement

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Emilee N. Crowther, and George J. Schaller Duane Morris Takeaways: In Vines et al. v. Welspun Pipes, Inc., et al.., No. 21-3537, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 16425 (8th Cir. June 29, 2023), the Eighth Circuit affirmed  a district court’s ruling in approving a settlement of an underlying class and collective …

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