Johnson v. NCAA, 2024 U.S LEXIS 16953 (3d Cr. July 11, 2024) (Restrepo, J.) Johnson v. NCAA, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decided, July 11, 2024. Do efforts that provide tangible benefits to identifiable institutions deserve compensation? In most instances, they do. And yet athletes at our most competitive colleges and […]

Higgins v. Bayada Home Health Care Inc., 62 F.4th 755 (3d Cir. March 15, 2023) (Jordan, C.J.). Stephanie Higgins and her co-plaintiffs, the appellants before us now, filed a collective action and putative class action alleging that their employer, Bayada Home Care, Inc., made improper deductions from their accumulated paid time off (which, with apologies […]

Helix Energy Sols. Grp., Inc. v. Hewitt, 2023 U.S. LEXIS 944 (S. Ct. February 22, 2023) (Kagan, J.) The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) guarantees that covered employees receive overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours a week. But an employee is not covered, and so is not entitled to overtime […]