Mealey's (September 28, 2017, 11:51 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Sept. 26 upheld a determination by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that an Arkansas-based company and its franchises that run children’s consignment sales around the country must pay its consignor/volunteers as employees (Rhea Lana, Inc., et al. v. U.S. Department of Labor, No. 14-17, D. D.C., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 156905)....