Labor and Employment Law Blog

Supreme Court Rejects Principle that FLSA Overtime Exemptions Should Be Construed Narrowly

In a 5-4 opinion issued on April 2nd, the United States Supreme Court held that service advisers at car dealerships are exempt from the overtime pay requirement of the FLSA because they are “salesm[e]n . . . primarily engaged in . . . servicing automobiles.” This ruling is significant for not only the auto industry, […]

April 5, 2018 | 1 min read | Tagged: Automobiles, Exemption, Ninth Circuit, Overtime, SCOTUS, Wages

Tiffanny Brosnan Partner

Limiting the Scope of Anti-Retaliation Measures: The Supreme Court Narrows the Definition of the term “Whistleblower” Under the Dodd-Frank Act

In Digital Realty Trust Inc. v. Somers, the Supreme Court in stated the “Dodd-Frank’s text and purpose leave no doubt” about who the term “whistleblower” applies to, holding that whistleblower protection in the Dodd-Frank Act only covers employees who first report securities laws violations to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). For a […]

February 23, 2018 | 1 min read | Tagged: Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes-Oxley, SCOTUS, SEC, Supreme Court, Whistleblower, Whistleblower Activity

Brian Mills Partner