Supreme Court decides Christopher v. Smithkline Beecham Corp.
On June 18, 2012, the US Supreme Court decided Christopher v. Smithkline Beecham Corp., No. 11-204, holding that pharmaceutical sales representatives, who promote sales of prescription drugs and obtain nonbinding commitments from doctors to prescribe those drugs but do not themselves sell the drugs to doctors or patients, are ``outside salesmen'' and therefore exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 USC § 213.
Lawyers on opposing sides of a civil lawsuit involving the Smith & Wesson .460 revolver argued several pretrial motions Thursday morning before a federal judge in Texarkana's downtown federal building.