Friday afternoon, a federal judge in Texas struck down the Department of Labor’s (“Department’s”) overtime rule (“Overtime Rule”) finding that the Overtime Rule exceeded the Department’s authority ...
In a court filing, the judge said the conviction of Melissa Lucio, whose scheduled execution in 2022 was halted, should be overturned. The state’s highest criminal court will now decide.
However, on November 15, 2024, Federal District Court Judge Sean Jordan of the Eastern District of Texas ordered vacatur of the 2024 Rule that saw the first increases to the salary basis ...