LABOR/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Labor Department will appeal a judge’s ruling that struck down an overtime-pay rule authored by the Obama administration, a move designed to preserve the Trump administration’s authority to reshape the rule to its own liking.
By filing the appeal, the department is seeking to maintain Secretary Alexander Acosta’s ability to establish overtime regulations, a Labor Department official said Friday [10-27-17] evening. The appeal shouldn’t be viewed as the Trump administration endorsing the threshold set in regulations issued last year, according to the official.
The department will file an appeal Monday of a ruling issued by a federal judge in Texas, and then ask the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisiana to stay the case to allow the department time to rewrite the regulations, the official said.”
-Eric Morath, “Labor Department to Appeal Court Ruling Striking Down Obama-Era Overtime-Pay Rule,” The Wall Street Journal online, Oct. 27, 2017 06:43pm