In a putative nationwide class action and collective wage-and-hour action involving temporary employees, Spotswood Sansom & Sansbury LLC obtained summary judgment on federal overtime claims based on innovative arguments regarding the Motor Carrier Act exemption. Spotswood attorneys argued that prior decisions construing an amendment to the exemption were incorrect, and persuaded the federal judge that their interpretation was correct — a decision which had significant ramifications for motor carriers nationwide, as well as for other litigation faced by Spotswood’s client.
In every case and in every situation we face, we consider the long-term, big-picture legal implications of the strategies that we create.
