December 15, 2015
A group of temporary attorneys accusing Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP of not properly paying overtime wages asked a New York federal judge Tuesday to approve a deal in which a co-defendant staffing company agreed to pay $75,000 to resolve the putative collective action.
September 10, 2015
A New York federal judge denied Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's bid to be cut from a temporary attorney's proposed overtime class action Thursday, rejecting for the moment the megafirm's argument that it is not a joint employer along with co-defendant Tower Legal Staffing Inc. under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
August 31, 2015
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP asked a New York federal judge Friday to rule on whether the firm, under federal labor law, would be considered an employer of a temporary attorney whose putative overtime class action was revived by the Second Circuit last month, saying he never ruled on the issue.
January 13, 2015
An attorney who did temporary document review work for Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP urged the Second Circuit on Monday to revive his putative collective action overtime suit against the firm and adopt a federal definition of the term "practice of law."
October 14, 2014
An attorney who said Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay overtime to temporary lawyers brought on for document-review work turned to the Second Circuit on Monday, challenging the recent dismissal of his putative collective action.
September 16, 2014
A New York federal judge threw out a putative collective action Tuesday that accused Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay overtime to temporary lawyers brought on to do menial document review work.
February 10, 2014
The New York federal judge overseeing a proposed collective action over Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's refusal to pay overtime to lawyers hired on a temporary basis for document review work rejected the claim on Monday that information on the plaintiff's resume could support a bid for sanctions.
January 28, 2014
A putative collective action accusing Skadden Arps Meagher Slate & Flom LLP of denying temp lawyers overtime should be dismissed, the firm said Friday, claiming a judge who declined to toss a similar suit endorsed an "unworkable standard" and "mistakenly" overlooked caselaw.
January 13, 2014
A lawyer who sued Skadden Arps Meagher Slate & Flom LLP and a staffing firm urged a New York federal court Friday not to toss his putative overtime collective action, claiming the "mechanical" work he performed was too menial to qualify as practicing law.
December 09, 2013
Skadden Arps Meagher Slate & Flom LLP on Friday asked a New York federal judge to toss a putative collective action accusing the firm of violating federal labor law by denying overtime pay to lawyers hired on a temporary basis for document review work.