Lawyer FLSA Overtime Cases Proceeding Through the Pipeline
The saga continues… The law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has recently fired another salvo in its bid to defeat the class and collective action filed against it, based on a theory...
View ArticleSkadden Case on Lawyer Overtime/Exempt Status Argued Before Second Circuit
I have been following this protracted saga for some time and there is another chapter now being written. The law firm of Skadden Arps is being sued in a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action by...
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Second Circuit Reverses on Lawyer Professional Exemption Case: What in the...
I have blogged about this matter several times, all the while applauding the lower court decision and employer’s legal position in the case, as I believed what these temporary lawyers were doing did...
View ArticleAttorney Overtime Lawsuit Dismissed Under FLSA Professional Exemption
I told you so! A federal judge dismissed the putative collective action against the huge law firm, Skadden Arps, which was filed by a lawyer claiming he was working as a non-lawyer and was entitled to...
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