A claimant that prevails in an overtime case is legally entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs paid for under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The most common issues that arise…
In the oil and gas industry, employers have a financial incentive to misclassify their workers as independent contractors despite the fact that the workers work full-time for the employer and should be…
By: Josh Borsellino and Morgan Scott I. INTRODUCTION Federal and state laws sometimes overlap when it comes to regulating overtime pay. The federal statute is known as the Fair Labor Standards Act…
Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a Defendant can make what is known as an offer of judgment to a Plaintiff in an effort to resolve the case. FRCP 68 provides…
The role of arbitration agreements in lawsuits seeking unpaid overtime and minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is a heavily litigated issue. A case from Colorado has shed some…
The Eleventh Circuit recently issued a ruling holding that fees and costs clauses inherent in arbitration provisions are unenforceable. The defendant, PIP, in Hudson et al. v. P.I.P., Inc., et al., No….
The layoffs keep coming in the oil and gas sector in West Texas. As reported by the Dallas Morning News (see article here), this time, it was another oilfield services company, fracking…
A federal court in Ohio recently issued a ruling on an unusual payment arrangement involving an overtime lawsuit against an oilfield company. The plaintiff, on behalf of himself and all others similarly…
A federal court in Midland, Texas recently issued an opinion which discusses the award of attorney’s fees to employees who prevail on their unpaid overtime claims. The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)…