Campbell v. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Two thousand unlicensed junior accountants brought this wage-and-hour class action against their employer, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). Among other things, the accountants claim PwC failed to pay them mandatory overtime under California law. The district court granted partial summary judgment to the accountants, finding as a matter of law that PwC could not exempt them from California’s overtime requirements. PwC filed this interlocutory appeal.

We must decide whether unlicensed accountants in California are categorically ineligible, as a matter of law, to…