Employment Litigation and Counseling
Representative examples of our employment work:
- Arbitrated to a successful conclusion an eight-figure dispute between a hedge fund portfolio manager and his employer regarding his alleged termination for “Good Reason.”
- Brought a landmark federal lawsuit on behalf of over 100 senior Massachusetts State Police Officers which eliminated the State Police mandatory retirement age of 55 and replaced it with a mandate for annual physical fitness testing. See State Police for Automatic Retirement Ass’n. v. Difava, 317 F.3d 6 (2003) and Gately v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2 F.3d 1221 (1993).
- Successfully defended a national medical consulting company and several of its key managerial employees against a competitor’s motion for a preliminary injunction alleging violation of non-competition and confidentiality agreements, and misappropriation of trade secrets.
- Represented the City of Boston in a major investigation of ongoing disputes between its police and fire departments.
- Won triple damages on summary judgment in a lawsuit for substantial unpaid compensation brought by a withdrawing partner against a major accounting firm.
- Obtained dismissal of race discrimination charges brought against a security services firm in California.
- Resolved quickly and successfully on behalf of a national publishing company a civil action for employee raiding against a competitor arising out of the en masse resignation of many of its key employees who had left to work for the competitor in violation of their employment contracts.
- Conducted internal investigations of sexual harassment allegations brought against employers and managers in a wide variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, retail food sales, health care, and publishing.
- Won a jury trial in defense of race discrimination charges brought against a franchisor in Boston.
- Won summary judgment for a real estate brokerage firm on an alleged violation of a non-competition agreement.
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