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U.S. Supreme Court

Apr. 17, 2012

Court to consider how much deference to give to agency interpretations

While weighing whether pharmaceutical sales representatives should be paid overtime, the U.S. Supreme Court will also ponder how much deference courts should give to an agency's interpretation of its own rules.


While weighing whether pharmaceutical sales representatives are exempt from a federal overtime-pay requirement during argument today, the U.S. Supreme Court will also ponder how much deference courts should give to an agency's interpretation of its own rules.


In the decision under high court review, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that it didn't need to give "controlling" deference to the U.S. Labor Department's view that the rep...

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