In Brief:

• A Federal judge in
  Texas granted a nationwide injunction blocking
  the Department of Labor’s new overtime rule from going into effect as scheduled
  on December 1, 2016

• The drastic
  increase to the salary-level threshold unlawfully circumvented Congressional
  intent and created a “de factor salary-only test” for overtime eligibility

• Judge Mazzant’s
  decision completes a trifecta of rulings in Texas federal courts in the past 30
  days blocking the implementation of controversial labor rules issued by the
  Obama administration (earlier rulings enjoined the Persuader and Fair Pay and
  Safe Workplaces (“blacklisting”) regulations)