Employment Class Action Defense

Clients look to our Employment Class Action Defense team for guidance in navigating discrimination, harassment, privacy, wage and hour, and other workplace class action claims. We provide strong, practical strategies to help them prevent and defend against these arduous, often lengthy cases.

In any class action litigation, the reputational risks can be at least as serious as the legal and financial exposure. Our clients trust us to design robust legal strategies, while remaining sensitive to the public relations aspects of high-profile employment disputes.

Class action lawsuits often arise from small, preventable infractions. We work with our clients to identify vulnerabilities, to spot the litigation triggers and to address them before they end up in court. To that end, we conduct employee training programs on workplace dos and don’ts. We regularly perform policy reviews and internal audits, and we advise on best practices.

When litigation is inevitable, our defense is both vigorous and pragmatic. We have longstanding professional relationships with courts in most jurisdictions, as well as with arbitrators, mediators, multiple government agencies and even our adversaries. We know the players and how they work, so we can prepare our clients for what’s ahead. From the outset, we provide realistic assessments of the damages they could face, the potential costs, and the most viable strategies going forward.

Our attorneys have successfully represented clients in class action claims alleging the following:

• Title VII discrimination, harassment and retaliation, and related state laws
• ERISA and breach of fiduciary duty
• Privacy, HIPAA, data breach and Biometric Information Privacy Act violations
• Negligence
• Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act violations