8th Circuit: DOL’s Subpoena For Related Businesses Is Fishing Expedition

Mealey's (July 9, 2018, 1:42 PM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY — The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) request for information about other businesses owned by the owners of a Missouri restaurant being investigated for wage violations is a “fishing expedition,” an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 3, reversing a trial court’s order holding the restaurant in civil contempt (R. Alexander Acosta v. La Piedad Corporation, No. 17-1845, 8th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 18148)....