'Regulation By Amicus' No Longer An Option For Agencies

By Abigail Rubenstein (June 18, 2012, 10:21 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to rebuff the U.S. Department of Labor's position that pharmaceutical sales representatives are entitled to overtime pay makes a powerful statement against federal agencies using court filings to make substantive regulatory changes, which should shut down the DOL's efforts to advance new interpretations through amicus briefs, attorneys say....

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