Nevada Court Okays Facebook, Twitter Ads Soliciting Parties For Collective Action

Plaintiff’s counsel may use Facebook and Twitter to solicit potential collective action members, a federal court in Nevada recently ruled. In the case, Gamble v. Boyd Gaming Corp., the plaintiff brought a collective action claiming employees were required to work “off-the-clock” without pay. The defense argued that advertisements running on the social media sites were false and misleading. The District Of Nevada Court said the plaintiff had an obligation not to mislead in the advertisements, but said its role was not to “micromanage the activities of the parties or their counsel.”