Nonparty Chipotle’s Contempt Motion Granted In States’ FLSA Exemption Suit

(March 21, 2018, 10:41 AM EDT) -- SHERMAN, Texas — A Texas federal judge on March 19 granted a motion for contempt filed by a nonparty restaurant chain in a lawsuit by a collection of states challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) white-collar exemption (referred to as the “Final Rule”) and ordered the employee suing the chain for violating the Final Rule to withdraw her claims within seven days (Nevada, et al. v. United States Department of Labor, et al., No. 16-731, E.D. Texas, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43866)....

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