Mayfield v. LABR

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Case Number:

23-50724

Court:

Appellate - 5th Circuit

Nature of Suit:

2899 Other Statutes

Government Agencies

  1. July 12, 2024

    Loper Bright Is Shaking Up Dozens Of Regulatory Fights

    In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference, the landmark decision has emerged as a live issue in dozens of administrative challenges, with federal courts already pausing agency regulations expanding LGBTQ+ rights in education and healthcare and with a wave of parties seeking to use the new decision to win their cases.

  2. July 02, 2024

    5th Circ. Asks If High Court's Chevron Ruling Affects OT Rule

    The Fifth Circuit asked the U.S. Department of Labor and a Dairy Queen franchisee to address how the recent U.S. Supreme Court's decision nixing the Chevron doctrine affects a challenge to the department's overtime rule.

  3. June 14, 2024

    5 Threats To New DOL Rule Expanding Overtime Eligibility

    A U.S. Department of Labor rule that the agency says would extend overtime protections to an estimated 4.3 million workers in its first year faces opposition in the courts and in Congress that could topple the recently finalized regulations. Here, Law360 reviews five threats to the Biden administration's overtime rule.

  4. May 23, 2024

    5th Circ. Won't Fast-Track Challenge To DOL's OT Rule

    The Fifth Circuit won't speed up a Dairy Queen franchisee's challenge to the U.S. Department of Labor's decision to increase the salary threshold for a Fair Labor Standards Act overtime exemption, turning down the entity and its owner's bid to expedite the appeal.

  5. May 21, 2024

    Dairy Queen Franchisee Seeks To Expedite DOL OT Rule Row

    A Dairy Queen franchisee and its owner urged the Fifth Circuit to speed things along in their challenge to the U.S. Department of Labor's higher salaries used to consider whether employees are overtime-exempt, saying that the newest final rule will exacerbate their harm.

  6. March 29, 2024

    Think Tank Says DOL Entitled To Revise OT Exemption Level

    The U.S. Department of Labor doesn't need direct congressional authorization to raise the minimum salary threshold for overtime exemption because such a policy change is neither unprecedented nor economically impactful, a progressive think tank told the Fifth Circuit.

  7. March 22, 2024

    DOL Defends Boosting OT Exemption's Salary Threshold

    The U.S. Department of Labor told the Fifth Circuit that the department has been raising the salary threshold to determine whether employees are overtime-exempt since the Fair Labor Standards Act's inception, urging a panel to keep a Texas federal court's decision.

  8. February 05, 2024

    Ambiguity Is Key To Triggering Agency Deference

    The Chevron deference is a powerful precedent that can require a federal court to yield to an agency's interpretation of a statute, but a court is free to undertake its own analysis when the administrative law framework doesn't apply, attorneys told Law360.

  9. January 26, 2024

    Conservative Groups Say DOL Overtime Regs Offend Liberty

    The U.S. Department of Labor's rule increasing the salary for a federal overtime exemption goes against constitutional boundaries, a slew of conservative groups told the Fifth Circuit, citing the Founding Founders and separation of powers prime mover Montesquieu.

  10. January 25, 2024

    Groups Tell 5th Circ. DOL Can't Hike Salary For OT Exemption

    Only Congress, not the U.S. Department of Labor, can raise the salary ceiling for the federal overtime exemption, a group representing small businesses and a conservative think tank told the Fifth Circuit, supporting overturning a federal court's ruling.