The following excerpt is from M.G. v. Metro. Interpreters & Translators, Inc., CASE NO. 12cv0460 JM(MDD) (S.D. Cal. 2013):
Calbillo v. Cavender Oldsmobile, Inc., 288 F.3d 721, 727 (5th Cir. 2002). These circuits reasoned that the meaning of "employer" under the "FLSA includes those who, as a matter of economic reality, exercise some degree of control over an employee's term and conditions of employment." Id. at 727.2
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