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The Supreme Court ruled drug representatives are not entitled to overtime pay in its decision on Monday. Two ex-GlaxoSmithKline employees sued their former employer for OT. GSK and other pharmaceutical companies have historically treated drug representatives as outside salespeople exempt from overtime pay. That classification was challenged by the plaintiffs but the Supreme Court ruled in favor of pharmaceutical companies. The 5-4 decision will have a significant impact on existing lawsuits against the pharmaceutical industry....

As discussed in FindLaw’s Injured, a $100 million lawsuit has been filed by a paralyzed dancer against the agrobusiness giant Cargill, Inc. The lawsuit highlights a recent rash of tainted meat incidents. The victim ate a tainted beef patty from Sam’s Club that was distributed by Cargill, Inc. She suffered severe injuries because of food poisoning from E. coli. As discussed recently here,, Beef Packers, Inc., of Fresno, California has recalled over 800,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to an outbreak of drug resistant salmonella....

Toyota has issued two voluntary safety recalls affecting nearly 700,000 Camrys, Venzas, and Tacomas nationwide. An air bag issue led Toyota to recall about 495,000 Tacomas – 2005 to early 2009 models in particular, Toyota said in a statement. Friction between the Tacoma’s steering wheel spiral cable and the retainer may sever a connection to the driver’s air bag. If that happens, the air bag warning lamp will be illuminated, but the air bag may not work in a crash, Toyota said....

Amy Locane-Bovenizer’s fatal car crash, killing the passenger of another car, wasn’t in the script for the former “Melrose Place” actress who was formally charged with vehicular homicide. Amy Locane-Bovenizer, an original cast member from television’s “Melrose Place,” is accused of drunken driving in New Jersey where she struck the passenger side of a car turning into a driveway, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports. Helene Seeman was pronounced dead the scene....

The biggest worry about getting a DUI is having that conviction on your permanent criminal record. So what’s the best and easiest way to get your DUI expunged? Expungement is the legal term for wiping arrests and convictions off your criminal record. While all cases are different, and expungement may not always be available, here are a few tips that can aid you in keeping your rap sheet under wraps:...

According to The New York Times, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is penalizing a company for selling baby monitors that were vulnerable to hacking. TRENDnet had apparently told their customers, mainly families, that their home security cameras and baby monitors were “secure.” However, their unfortunately unsecure devices were compromised, evidenced by a hacker who exploited a security flaw in the monitors last year. This hacker not only broke into the SecurView camera software, but the security thwarter also posted links to live feeds taken directly from the cameras....

From job layoffs to the battered housing market, many people are still reeling from the economic downturn. And with the April 15th IRS tax filing deadline right around the corner, a lot of taxpayers are scrambling to understand their options if they can’t pay their taxes on time. If you complete preparation of your tax year 2008 income tax return and find that you will owe, you need to take action to avoid costly IRS penalties and interest charges....

The Democratic National Committee is running out of time if it wants to strike down two Arizona voting laws it deems unfair before the upcoming November elections. In balancing the burden on the voter against the benefit of eliminating voter fraud, the 3-panel committee came to a split decision, but ultimately ruled that the ban accomplished a significant amount of fairness, with the burden on voters’ right to vote minimized by the availability of mail-in-voting....

The Arkansas supreme court has ruled that the state’s execution law, enacted in 2009, is unconstitutional. The law states the death sentence in Arkansas must be done by lethal injection of one or more chemicals which will be chosen by the director of the Department of Correction. In a seven-to-two vote, the state’s high court held that the law fails the necessary separation of powers. The court’s decision now puts Arkansas in a somewhat difficult position....

Blue Bell Creameries has recalled all of its ice cream products in response to ever-increasing listeria contamination concerns. This total recall comes after months of incremental warnings that products could contain Listeria monocytogenes. To date, listeria bacteria in Blue Bell ice cream has caused 3 deaths and 5 illnesses. A Widening Net Blue Bell’s first recall was on March 13, when the manufacturer removed ice cream products that it had delivered to hospitals and retailers and shut down the production line where the affected products were believed to have been made....

President Bush has signed into law a bill providing relief from the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for many middle-income households. Reuters reports that the AMT “was enacted in 1969 to make sure rich people did not take advantage of so many breaks that they paid no income tax. But more middle class people have been exposed to the AMT as their incomes have risen with inflation.” Reuters also states that the AMT tax relief “will ensure that most families earning less than $150,000 a year will not pay the tax....

Massachusetts foreclosure buyers best beware after a just-released decision by the state’s highest court. Francis Bevilacqua purchased a foreclosure home from U.S. Bank in 2006, only to find out that he doesn’t hold clear title to the property. Turns out that the bank didn’t yet own the mortgage when it foreclosed on the building. The bank therefore never legally transferred title to Bevilacqua, who must now contend with the original owner....

A 29-year old elementary school teacher, Christine A. McCallum, was arraigned on three charges of statutory rape today. As reported by the Boston Herald, prosecutors allege that she had sex with the alleged victim when he was 13, 14 and 15 years old. Authorities further claim that she was “obsessed” with him, and read excerpts of letters she supposedly wrote him stating that “There’s no question I will choose you over this job....

A Colorado court has clarified that the state’s new marijuana law can apply retroactively to some marijuana convictions. In a decision released Thursday, the Colorado Court of Appeals announced that Amendment 64, which legalized recreational marijuana in the state, could be used to challenge old drug offenses – as long as the cases were already being appealed when the law took effect, reports The New York Times. What does this mean for those who’ve been convicted of marijuana offenses in Colorado?...

A little more than 3 months after DreamWorks and other animation studios settled out of the massive animator class action anti-poaching lawsuit, Disney is settling the claims against it for a reported $100 million. Like the other animation studios, it was alleged that Disney had a reciprocal agreement with the other companies to not hire their competitors’ animators and studio employees, and to artificially keep down animator and other studio employee wages....

The U.S. government secretly seized telephone records of The Associated Press for a two-month period in 2012 in a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into news-gathering operations, the AP says. AP Chief Executive Gary Pruitt, in a letter addressed to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, said the Justice Department seized records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP and its journalists in April and May of 2012. “There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of The Associated Press and its reporters,” Pruitt said in the attached letter of protest....

The legendary king of rock n’ roll is still an international icon, and Elvis Presley’s possessions are highly prized, particularly his guitars. Now a dispute over ownership of a guitar he broke on his last tour in 1977 will go forward after a federal judge in South Dakota determined that dismissal of the case is inappropriate, according to Courthouse News Service. The instrument in question is a Martin D-55 (or Martin D-35, according to the Associated Press) that Elvis reportedly played in a concert in the last winter of his life and was given to a female fan....

Ghost guns are haunting our communities. Weapons without serial numbers that circumvent gun control measures are a risk to public safety yet are in wide circulation. Last week, federal officials busted eight men in California responsible for the manufacture and distribution of hundreds of these weapons. Undercover agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives bought or seized more than 230 homemade assault rifles and silencers in a major takedown, the biggest in California Central Valley history....

Former voice of “Dora the Explorer,” Caitlin Sanchez, settles her Nickelodeon lawsuit. Now here’s a quick recap of what exactly she was settling in the first place: Sanchez served as the voice of the hit cartoon character since 2007. She sued Nickelodeon alleging that the company took advantage of her and ultimately cheated her out of millions of dollars. Sanchez reached puberty far before her cartoon likeness did, signifying the end of her time with the cartoon show....

Lost in the outrage over widespread fraud at Wells Fargo is the adverse impact the bank’s pressure to open new accounts had on their employees. Just last week, the New York Times published stories from former bankers who were under so much stress to sell unneeded services that they suffered from anxiety, had panic attacks, and even became addicted to drinking hand sanitizer. But a recent class action lawsuit details the unreasonable expectations Wells Fargo had of their employees, and the retaliation those employees faced if they failed to meet strict sales quotas....