June 02, 2026
A Sixth Circuit case that the U.S. Department of Labor has continued litigating involving a wage rule the agency is separately seeking to walk back shows how the department simultaneously takes different approaches to enforcement and deregulation, agency veterans and attorneys said.
May 28, 2026
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision finding that a lower court abused its discretion by relying on arguments the parties never raised supports a home care company's bid to undo a Sixth Circuit ruling affirming nearly $15 million in overtime liability, the company told the appeals court.
May 20, 2026
A home care company urged the Sixth Circuit to rethink a ruling affirming nearly $15 million in overtime liability, arguing the panel improperly upheld a U.S. Department of Labor rule barring third-party employers from invoking an exemption for live-in domestic service workers.
April 02, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor had the authority to issue a 2013 rule expanding wage protections for home care workers, the Sixth Circuit ruled, saying that a U.S. Supreme Court decision remains good law despite the justices recently nixing the Chevron doctrine.