Though the high court recently has accepted other petitions for certiorari on FLSA issues, today the Court declined Gristede’s owner and former NYC mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis’ request that the Court take up his case and review the imposition of individual liability imposed by the Second Circuit. Catsimatidis v. Irizarry, 2014 U.S.
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Supreme Court To Decide Classification of Pharmaceutical Representatives
The Supreme Court’s web site confirms that the nation’s highest court has granted the petition for certiorari filed by the pharmaceutical sales representative (PSR) plaintiffs in Christopher et al. v. SmithKline Beecham Corporation. The Court will now review the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in Christopher that SmithKline properly classifies its pharmaceutical sales representatives as "outside …
Another Petition for Certiorari to US Supreme Court Filed Seeking Clarity As to FLSA Status of PSR’s
As often discussed in this space and elsewhere, Courts continue to widely differ in their analysis as to whether the administrative and/or outside sales exemptions are applicable to pharmaceutical sales representatives. Now, the Supreme Court will have another opportunity to weigh in on the applicability of the outside sales exemption to such employees, as the plaintiffs…