VERKUILEN v. MEDIABANK, LLC

No. 10-3009.

646 F.3d 979 (2011)

Penny VERKUILEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MEDIABANK, LLC, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew C. Wasserman (argued), Attorney, Golan & Christie, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Steven Lefkofsky , Attorney, Lefkofsky & Gorosh, Farmington Hills, MI, Matthew S. Miller (argued), Attorney, Law Offices of Matthew S. Miller, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., establishes a federal minimum wage and also—critical to this case—requires employers to pay their employees 150 percent of their hourly wage for hours worked above 40 a week. § 207(a)(1). But the Act denies this entitlement to "any employee employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity." § 213(a)(1) (emphasis added)...

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