Mealey's (August 7, 2019, 8:35 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 23 vacated a district court’s ruling in a lawsuit over the applicability of state and federal wage laws on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and remanded for further proceedings regarding certain state law claims, following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June holding that state laws may be used only where “federal law does not address the relevant issue” (Brian Newton v. Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd., et al., No. 15-56352, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 21955)....