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Law firm faces suit for misclassifying employees (access required)
Lawyers, firms must check for FLSA violations

By Correy E. Stephenson
Staff writer
Published: March 17, 2010

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Karla Osolin knew something wasn’t right. Osolin had worked as a legal secretary for the international firm Jones Day before moving to Turocy & Watson LLP, a boutique intellectual property firm in Cleveland, Ohio. But after receiving her first paycheck, she realized wasn’t being paid overtime. “Bells went off and she knew something was wrong,” said ...
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