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Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc. Case Brief
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Case Brief Summary & Legal Analysis
tl;dr: Unpaid interns sued Fox, claiming employee status under FLSA. The Second Circuit vacated the lower court’s ruling, establishing a flexible “primary beneficiary” test to determine intern status, emphasizing the intern’s educational experience.
Legal Significance: Established the “primary beneficiary” test for intern classification under FLSA in the Second Circuit, shifting from rigid DOL criteria to a flexible, totality-of-the-circumstances approach focused on who benefits more from the internship.
Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc. Law School Study Guide
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Case Facts & Court Holding
Key Facts & Case Background
Plaintiffs Eric Glatt, Alexander Footman, and Eden Antalik worked as unpaid interns for Fox Searchlight Pictures on the film Black Swan or at Fox corporate offices. Glatt performed accounting and post-production tasks; Footman handled production office duties; Antalik worked in publicity. Their responsibilities included copying, running errands, making travel arrangements, and other tasks that could be performed by paid employees. Glatt and Footman were not enrolled in degree programs offering credit for their internships at the time of their work on Black Swan, though Glatt was in a non-matriculated graduate program. Antalik was enrolled in a degree program that required an internship for graduation, but for unclear reasons, she did not receive academic credit for her Fox internship. Plaintiffs alleged they were employees entitled to minimum wage and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York Labor Law (NYLL). The district court granted partial summary judgment to Glatt and Footman, finding them to be employees, and certified Antalik’s proposed class and collective action. Defendants brought an interlocutory appeal.
Court Holding & Legal Precedent
Issue: What is the proper legal standard for determining whether an unpaid intern is an “employee” under the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law, thereby entitled to minimum wage and overtime compensation?
Vacated and remanded. The Second Circuit rejected the Department of Labor’s rigid Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatu
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Legal Issue
What is the proper legal standard for determining whether an unpaid intern is an “employee” under the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law, thereby entitled to minimum wage and overtime compensation?
Conclusion
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Legal Rule
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Legal Analysis
The Second Circuit declined to defer to the Department of Labor's (DOL) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor in
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- Court adopted a “primary beneficiary” test to determine if unpaid interns