Singer EAST ST. LOUIS – Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel denied certification of a national class alleging that Jimmy John’s restaurants suppressed wages through a ban on taking jobs at other Jimmy John’s locations. She posted her decision on the docket on July 23, and sealed the order, giving the parties seven days to submit a joint redacted version. The class would have included about 600,000 persons at about 2,800 locations. Thirteen lawyers represent plaintiff Donald Conrad, nine from California. Eight California lawyers and Russell Scott of Belleville represent Jimmy John’s. Jimmy John’s dropped its “no poaching” rule nationwide in 2018, under threat of antitrust prosecution in Washington State.