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.
Supreme Court decides Christopher v. Smithkline Beecham Corp.