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U.S. Supreme Court,
Law Practice

Apr. 25, 2012

Supreme Court: an inside look at oral arguments, pt. 1

I sat at my computer at 7:00 a.m. repeatedly hitting the refresh button on my browser, until, there it was: Christopher was one of two cases granted.

Eric B. Kingsley

Partner, Kingsley & Kingsley APC

Labor & Employment

16133 Ventura Blvd #1200
Encino , CA 91436

Phone: (818) 990-8300

Fax: (818) 990-2903

Email: eric@kingsleylawyers.com

Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA

Eric is the former board chair of the Anti-Defamation League's Los Angeles Region.

In September of 2007, I filed my first pharmaceutical sales representative overtime case. Little did I know that 5 1/2 years later I would be sitting in the front row next to Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Jr. waiting for "The Nine" to decide the fate of a large portion of my practice.

By way of background, the issue in these cases implicates the "outside sales exemption." The only real question is whether PSRs "sell" to doctors as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act, the ...

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