May 4, 2022 | Drill Deeper Blog
Back in January 2021 (see here) I wrote about a contentious panel opinion from the Fifth Circuit deciding whether highly compensated “tool pushers” were entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Over Judge Weiner’s fiery dissent, the panel...Apr 29, 2020 | Drill Deeper Blog
Addressing the issue left open by a divided panel in Faludi v. U.S. Shale Sols., 936 F.3d 215 (5th Cir. 2019), opinion withdrawn, 950 F.3d 269 (5th Cir. 2020), the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held in Hewitt v. Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 2020 WL...