550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 274,597 times 368 Legal Analyses
Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing
Holding that the indirect purchaser rule applies to prescription drug sales and noting that "[b]ecause of the complicated interplay between market forced, the possibility that the wholesaler was harmed by defendant's actions exists even if the majority of the injury is borne by the indirect purchaser"
Holding that joint employer situation exists only when "two or more employers exert significant control over the same employees . . . [where] they share or co-determine those matters governing essential terms and conditions of employment"
934 F. Supp. 2d 778 (W.D. Pa. 2013) Cited 30 times
Granting Secretary's motion for summary judgment as to the individual liability as to business owner's spouse who exercised significant control over employees under all four Enterprise factors
817 F. Supp. 2d 556 (E.D. Pa. 2011) Cited 24 times
Granting the defendants' motion to dismiss where the plaintiffs alleged that up to 218 separate entities were all "employers" under the FLSA, but failed to allege "to which of these 86 entities they reported each day; from whom they received their paycheck; information about who, specifically, set their rate of pay and other conditions of their employment; or who directly supervised their employment"
863 F. Supp. 2d 417 (M.D. Pa. 2012) Cited 12 times
Denying an employer's motion to dismiss employees' FLSA claim, in which an employer argued that the activity at issue was not compensable under the Portal-to-Portal Act, and noting that whether the activity was "truly integral" to the principal activities for which the employees were hired "is a very difficult determination on the[] limited averments" in the complaint, and holding that "further factual development [was] warranted before it c[ould] be determined"