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1. Mathis et al v. Darden Restaurants, Inc. et al
   Florida Southern District Court  Case No. 0:12-cv-61742

   Collective ActionDarden RestaurantsFair Labor Standards ActMinimum WageOlive GardenRed LobsterRestaurant IndustryTip PoolingWage Theft

   AICurrent and former servers and bartenders at Darden Restaurants — the parent company of Olive Garden, Red Lobster, LongHorn Steakhouse, Seasons 52, and Bahama Breeze — filed this nationwide collective action in September 2012 in the Southern District of Florida, alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The plaintiffs claimed that Darden illegally required tipped employees to participate in mandatory tip-sharing arrangements and otherwise failed to pay them the federal minimum wage applicable to tipped workers. The proposed class ultimately encompassed more than 216,000 servers and bartenders who worked for Darden brands during the three-year period covered by the claims. The case generated extensive procedural litigation over conditional certification, the scope of the class list, and discovery. In November 2013, the parties discovered that Darden had inadvertently omitted approximately 1,586 bartenders from the class list — those coded under a "Bartender Tip Share" designation introduced at Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52 when those brands rolled out mandatory tip-share programs around 2011. The parties jointly moved to extend the opt-in period to cover these workers. The case proceeded to mediation before a private mediator in June 2014.

2. Almont Ambulatory Surgery Center LLC et al v. UnitedHealth Group Inc et al
   California Central District Court  Case No. 2:14-cv-02139

3. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.
   Florida Southern District Court  Case No. 1:15-cv-20561

4. Chhab v. Darden Restaurants, Inc. et al
   New York Southern District Court  Case No. 1:11-cv-08345

5. DietGoal Innovations LLC v. Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. et al
   Texas Eastern District Court  Case No. 2:11-cv-00418

6. Maplevale Farms, Inc. v. Koch Foods, Inc. et al
   Illinois Northern District Court  Case No. 1:16-cv-08637

7. Banks v. Clinton
   Arkansas Eastern District Court  Case No. 4:12-cv-00183

8. In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation
   New York Eastern District Court  Case No. 1:05-md-01720

9. Sondel v. Darden Restaurants, Inc. et al
   New York Southern District Court  Case No. 1:15-cv-04986

10. Jones et al v. Capital Grille Holdings, Inc. d/b/a The Capital Grille, GMRI, Inc. and Darden Restaurants, Inc.
    New York Southern District Court  Case No. 1:12-cv-07814

11. Alfredo Galdamez v. Capital Grille Holdings, Inc. d/b/a The Capital Grille, GMRI, Inc. and Darden Restaurants, Inc.
    Illinois Northern District Court  Case No. 1:12-cv-00660

12. Dimond v. Darden Restaurants, Inc. et al
    New York Southern District Court  Case No. 1:13-cv-05244

13. Bertram v. Darden Restaurants Inc.
    New York Southern District Court  Case No. 1:09-cv-03982

14. GeoTag Inc v. Starbucks Corp et al
    Nebraska District Court  Case No. 8:13-cv-00023

15. Actus, LLC v. Discover Financial Services et al
    Texas Eastern District Court  Case No. 2:10-cv-00177

16. David W. Rutter v. Darden Restaurants, Inc. et al
    California Central District Court  Case No. 2:08-cv-06106

17. GeoTag Inc v. Starbucks Corp et al
    Texas Eastern District Court  Case No. 2:10-cv-00572

18. Netbula, LLC v. Bindview Development Corporation
    California Northern District Court  Case No. 3:06-cv-00711

19. Daman Pal Singh Chadha v. Darden Restaurants Inc et al
    California Central District Court  Case No. 2:08-cv-02516

20. Jesus Alberto Caceres et al v. Darden Restaurants, Inc. et al
    California Central District Court  Case No. 2:08-cv-06840

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