100 ABA Journal Contract Attorneys articles.
Yondi Morris was already unhappy about her job as a contract attorney when a comment by a partner at the firm for which she was then working prompted her to…
Jan 14, 2016 4:05 PM CST
Updated: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and a staffing agency have agreed to settle for $75,000 a federal lawsuit by three document review attorneys seeking overtime pay.
The case…
Dec 16, 2015 4:00 PM CST
A trial judge erred in dismissing a BigLaw document reviewer’s lawsuit seeking overtime pay, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
Accepting plaintiff David Lola’s allegations as true for the purpose…
Jul 23, 2015 12:45 PM CDT
A former staff attorney for Drinker Biddle & Reath has been suspended for overbilling the law firm on a document review project.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court suspended Philadelphia lawyer Benjamin…
May 28, 2015 10:25 AM CDT
A federal appeals court will hear arguments on Friday in a case contending contract lawyers are entitled to overtime pay.
Contract lawyer David Lola is asking the New York-based 2nd…
May 28, 2015 6:15 AM CDT
A former project attorney for Pepper Hamilton has filed a pro se lawsuit (PDF) against the Philadelphia-based national law firm, contending that it violated the Americans with Disabilities…
May 8, 2015 1:35 PM CDT Updated: A former project lawyer at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton claims in a lawsuit that the firm discriminated against him when it fired him in August 2012. The Dec.…
Dec 29, 2014 8:33 AM CST A contract lawyer who claimed he should have been paid overtime for document-review work has suffered another setback with a judge’s decision to toss his would-be class action. U.S. District…
Sep 22, 2014 5:45 AM CDT Baker & McKenzie has chosen Belfast as the location for a second back-office operations center. The law firm expects the new office to employ about 120 professionals by the end…
Aug 28, 2014 12:22 PM CDT A lawyer who filed a suit contending that lawyers in document-review jobs deserve overtime pay is still looking for contract work—and even sent his resume to one of the defendants. Feb 12, 2014 3:48 PM CST Jan 1, 2014 9:00 AM CST A contract attorney doing document review was hired for his expertise and is not entitled to overtime pay, according to a lawyer for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan who defended…
Oct 23, 2013 12:15 PM CDT A lawyer who performed document review for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan on a contract basis claims in a lawsuit that he is entitled to overtime pay for work in…
Mar 5, 2013 12:31 PM CST Unlike a number of other major law firms, Patton Boggs didn’t lay off workers during the recession. But it axed 65 attorneys and other employees Thursday, after 2012 revenue and…
Mar 1, 2013 9:13 PM CST Ruling from the bench, a federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday gave a green light to a request for discovery by a class action activist concerning the wages paid by…
Mar 1, 2013 7:05 PM CSTCleary Gottlieb sued by former project lawyer for alleged racial bias in firing
Lawyer is jobless and sleeping in his car after losing suit seeking OT for document review
Baker & McKenzie to open back-office operations center in Belfast
Lawyer suing for document-review OT applies for job with defendant; sanctions bid fails
New job titles reflect economic challenges, changing career expectations for lawyers
Was a contract lawyer for Quinn Emanuel entitled to overtime pay? Judge hears arguments
Contract lawyer claims he is entitled to OT pay due to ‘extremely routine nature’ of job
Patton Boggs axes 30 attorneys and 35 staff, no partners get pink slips
Law firm billing contract lawyers at $1K hourly must reveal what they were paid, federal judge says
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