{3:06 minutes to read} In my November article, Update on Overtime Rules, I had mentioned that a federal court judge in Texas had issued a nationwide injunction blocking the Department of Labor’s rule requiring overtime pay for more than 4 million new workers, which was to have taken effect on December 1, 2016. This ruling arose out of a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas challenging the overtime rule, arguing that the Department of Labor exceeded its statutory authority in issuing the regulation.