November 22, 2023
An appellate opinion may breathe new life into a case that a lower court dismissed, or throw out a decision with instructions to conduct a fresh analysis that adopts a new legal test. Here, Law360 reviews what happened in five minimum wage and overtime cases where an appellate ruling changed the course of the litigation.
October 24, 2023
The time call center workers spent turning on and off their computers was too insignificant and is therefore not compensable, two employers told the Ninth Circuit, urging the appeals court to leave undisturbed a win a Nevada district court handed in their favor.
August 24, 2023
A Nevada district court's finding noncompensable the time call center workers spent starting and shutting their computers relied on a quantitative standard unsupported by federal law, the workers said, urging the Ninth Circuit to upend the ruling.