WASHINGTON—The Labor Department will appeal a judge’s ruling that struck down an overtime-pay rule authored by the Obama administration, a move designed to preserve the Trump administration’s authority to reshape the rule to its own liking. By filing the appeal, the department is seeking to maintain Secretary Alexander Acosta’s ability to establish overtime regulations, a Labor Department official said Friday evening. The appeal shouldn’t be viewed as the Trump administration endorsing the threshold set in regulations issued...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 27, 2017 22:00 UTC