Ambrosia v. Cogent Communications, Inc.

ORDER GRANTING MOTION CONDITIONALLY TO CERTIFY COLLECTIVE ACTION, TO CERTIFY CLASS ACTION, AND GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL PLAINTIFFS

RICHARD SEEBORG, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

In this putative class and collective action, Plaintiff Joan Ambrosio,1 alongside a host of other salaried employees of defendant Cogent Communications, Inc. (“Cogent”), seeks damages and other relief based on Cogent’s alleged failure to pay overtime in violation of California and federal law. The putative class consists of all current and former California-based account managers who…