Mabry Law Firm / PLLC http://mabrylaw.com Integrity. Excellence. Solutions. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:08:35 +0000 en hourly 1 Former paralegal at Houston law firm files FLSA suit http://mabrylaw.com/01/27/2012/former-paralegal-at-houston-law-firm-files-flsa-suit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-paralegal-at-houston-law-firm-files-flsa-suit http://mabrylaw.com/01/27/2012/former-paralegal-at-houston-law-firm-files-flsa-suit/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:30:03 +0000 nerdfiles@gmail.com http://mabrylaw.com/?p=282 Continue reading →]]> ❝ A former paralegal at the Mostyn Law Firm in Houston filed a complaint in federal court on Aug. 3 alleging the firm failed to pay her and others at an overtime rate when the firm “required and/or permitted” her and others to work more than 40 hours a week. In Sherri L. Davis v. Mostyn Law Firm P.C., filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Davis seeks class-action status for the complaint. Davis alleges the firm violated the Fair Labor Standards Act when she was required to work more than 40 hours a week and the firm failed to compensate her at the “FLSA mandated time-and-a-half rate” for hours in excess of 40 a week.

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]]> http://mabrylaw.com/01/27/2012/former-paralegal-at-houston-law-firm-files-flsa-suit/feed/ 0 Paralegals get green light for FLSA class action http://mabrylaw.com/01/27/2012/paralegals-get-green-light-for-flsa-class-action/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paralegals-get-green-light-for-flsa-class-action http://mabrylaw.com/01/27/2012/paralegals-get-green-light-for-flsa-class-action/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:27:58 +0000 nerdfiles@gmail.com http://mabrylaw.com/?p=279 Continue reading →]]> ❝ A Texas personal injury firm last week failed in its bid to derail a putative class action brought by salaried paralegals who claimed they were entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Batting aside The Mostyn Law Firm’s contention that its paralegals’ job duties were too varied to permit class treatment, a federal judge on Thursday granted conditional certification in an FLSA lawsuit brought by Sherri L. Davis and Carlos Alvarado.

“[T]he Court believes that Plaintiffs have advanced sufficient evidence to support conditional certification on a firm-wide basis, and as to all salaried paralegals,” wrote U.S. District Court Judge Keith P. Ellison in his Jan. 19 order.

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