PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
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Pleading
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Class Actions
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Generally
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4 Cards On This Topic:
Right to opt-out of class action is individual one; class representative could not opt Georgia Ps out of consolidated federal class action.
Trial court did not err in establishing opt-out class, but erred in ordering D to disclose class members' names and addresses to Ps' counsel.
Opt-out notice adequately protects privacy rights of current and former employees whose names and contact information compelled from former employer in class action.
Labor Code doesn't allow for successful D's recovery of atty's fees re claim for overtime compensation; absent class members who failed to "opt-out" not liable for successful D's fees.