ROBINSON v. JACKSON HEWITT, INC. et al

  1. April 08, 2024

    Jackson Hewitt Preparers Want First OK On $10.8M Deal

    Former Jackson Hewitt Inc. workers have reached a $10.8 million settlement with their former employer over claims the company's franchisees entered into an anti-competitive no-poach agreement despite the provision being removed from the company's franchise agreements, according to a Friday motion.

  2. February 05, 2024

    Jackson Hewitt To Settle No-Poach Suit Over Its Franchises

    Jackson Hewitt Inc. told a New Jersey federal court that it has reached a settlement in principle with its former workers who brought a proposed class action alleging that the company's franchisees entered into an anti-competitive no-poach agreement despite the firm's previous pledge to not have or enforce such arrangements.

  3. October 23, 2023

    DOJ, States Say No-Poach Franchise Provisions Can Be Illegal

    The U.S. Department of Justice and a group of states told the New Jersey federal court overseeing a case from former Jackson Hewitt workers that provisions in franchise agreements preventing the hiring of workers from other members of a chain can violate antitrust law.

  4. August 31, 2022

    Jackson Hewitt Workers Seeking No-Poach Class Cert.

    Former Jackson Hewitt tax preparers asked a New Jersey federal court to certify a class in their case alleging the company suppressed wages through hiring restrictions in its franchise agreements and then through a "no-poach culture" that continued after enforcers stepped in.

  5. November 01, 2021

    Jackson Hewitt Must Face Expanded 'No-Poach Culture' Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge has approved tacking on a few years to class claims over a purported noncompete arrangement between Jackson Hewitt and its franchisees after former tax preparers alleged the company maintained a "no-poach culture," despite having agreed to remove such clauses from franchise contracts.

  6. July 19, 2021

    Ex-Jackson Hewitt Workers Blast Ongoing 'No-Poach Culture'

    Jackson Hewitt still has a "culture" where the company and its franchisees unlawfully promise not to compete for workers despite having agreed to remove written "no-poach" clauses from franchise contracts, former tax preparers told a New Jersey federal court in seeking to expand the time period of their proposed consolidated class action.

  7. November 01, 2019

    Jackson Hewitt Gets Class Limited In NY No-Poach Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge limited the class of employees suing Jackson Hewitt on its alleged no-poach employment rules to claims after 2014, ruling prior claims violated the four-year statute of limitations set by the Sherman Antitrust Act.

  8. August 15, 2019

    Where Franchise No-Poach Agreements Stand Today

    Washington state's attorney general is forging ahead with a campaign against no-poach provisions in franchise agreements, cutting deals last week with four more chains to eliminate the practice, but with few courts weighing in so far, it is unclear which legal standard for judging the provisions will prevail.

  9. June 26, 2019

    Jackson Hewitt Can't Write Off No-Poach Suit, Court Told

    Jackson Hewitt must face a proposed class action in New Jersey federal court over since-rescinded no-poach language in its franchise agreements, according to former workers, who say the company directly competes with its individual franchisees and thus can't claim a united front within the chain incapable of "conspiracy."

  10. May 28, 2019

    Jackson Hewitt Looks To Write Off Proposed 'No-Poach' Class

    Jackson Hewitt urged a New Jersey federal judge to toss a proposed class action that claims a now-defunct "no-poach" agreement among its franchisees limited mobility and compensation prospects for the company's workers, arguing that units belonging to the same corporation aren't capable of an antitrust conspiracy against the overall market.