We’re Talking About Practice: Court Finds Document-Reviewing Temp Attorney is Engaged in Practice of Law and Therefore Exempt

On Monday, a federal judge in New York dismissed a proposed FLSA collective action filed by an hourly temp attorney on the grounds that the temp was exempt from the FLSA’s overtime requirements.  In a decision that might not sit well with basketball star Allen Iverson, who once chided the media for “talking about practice,” Judge Richard J. Sullivan of the Southern District of New York offered a detailed analysis of what it means to “practice” law, as the applicable exemption requires, and found that even a temp relegated to document review fits the mold.

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