Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this year, in New Prime, the Supreme Court decisively held that the Federal Arbitration Act’s § 1 exemption for transportation workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce applied to...more
8/8/2019
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Employment Litigation ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Foreign Commerce ,
Freight Forwarding ,
Independent Contractors ,
Interstate Commerce ,
Misclassification ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wage and Hour ,
Waiver of Rights
Seyfarth Synopsis: As previously discussed in this space, the Ninth Circuit recently chose to side with the Second Circuit, and not the Sixth Circuit, and ruled that mortgage underwriters fail to meet the FLSA’s...more
9/29/2017
/ Administrative Exemption ,
Appeals ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Over-Time ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Underwriting ,
Wage and Hour
As our readers saw earlier this week, the Ninth Circuit recently issued a decision in McKeen-Chaplin v. Provident Bank, turning the traditional administrative vs. production dichotomy of the administrative exemption on its...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: If Congress fails to pass a long-term funding bill, we could be facing a federal government shutdown with no money flowing to fund non-essential services. While it seems the crisis may be averted for now —...more