January 26, 2022
An ex-oil well worker and his former employer asked an Alaska federal judge Wednesday to greenlight a confidential settlement that would resolve a long-running overtime lawsuit that at one point reached the state's supreme court.
July 30, 2021
Schlumberger Technology Corp. still hasn't shown it deserves an early win against a former oil well worker claiming overtime violations, after an Alaska federal judge agreed to reconsider a ruling following input from the Alaska Supreme Court, the ex-worker argued.
July 23, 2021
Schlumberger Technology Corp. said it deserves an early win against a former worker's overtime claims after an Alaska federal judge agreed to reconsider a ruling in favor of the worker, arguing in a filing that the ruling didn't hold up under new state Supreme Court precedent.
April 26, 2021
The Alaska Supreme Court has revised its own standard for determining if an employee is exempt from state wage law requirements, saying a prior beyond-reasonable-doubt standard of proof was "erroneous" and that courts should instead take a preponderance-of-evidence approach.