Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP is a firm of more than 600 lawyers with 11 offices offering a full array of legal services to clients worldwide, with a special industry-based focus in the Financial Services, Insurance and Reinsurance, Life Sciences, Education, Airport, Technology and Private Equity/Venture Capital sectors. Whether the legal issue involves complex securities, high stakes litigation, bankruptcy, intellectual property, real estate development, public finance, estate planning and fiduciary services, tax, or other legal services, our extensive business knowledge of these industry segments makes us value-added members of the client's team.

At Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, we share a culture of respect and professional excellence. We believe these are key factors in our ability to be responsive to our clients' needs, and that we succeed when our clients succeed. We offer our clients an unyielding commitment to their success, and a tireless effort to add value.

The combination of Edwards & Angell LLP and Palmer & Dodge LLP in the Fall of 2005 blended the distinguished reputations of two century-old leading full-service law firms.

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has earned its reputation as a distinguished community leader and a spirited citizen. In addition to serving as directors and advisors to numerous community organizations. Our attorneys have received awards for their steadfast commitment in providing pro bono services throughout the communities in which they live and work. Further, the Firm has produced several public and private leaders including a current U.S. Senator, as well as Federal and State Judges.

Courts Increasingly Recognize Discrimination by Association Claims
John G. Stretton, July 30, 2008
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits an employer from discriminating, with respect to the terms, conditions and privileges of employment, against an employee because of the employee's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Employers Not Required To Engage In Interactive Process When No Reasonable Accommodation Is Possible
Sheryl D. Hanley, Nancy H. Van der Veer, July 30, 2008
The Seventh Circuit recently held in Dargis v. Sheahan that the employer did not discriminate against a correctional officer by failing to reinstate him to his position after a stroke left him unable to rotate through the required tasks of his position. The court reasoned that "no reasonable...

Federal Minimum Wage Increased To $6.55 on July 24, 2008
Sheryl D. Hanley, Nancy H. Van der Veer, July 30, 2008
In May, 2007, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was amended to raise the federal minimum wage annually over a three-year period. The second increase in the federal minimum wage is set to take effect on July 24, 2008.