Fisher & Phillips LLP

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Fisher & Phillips LLP, a national law firm founded in 1943, was one of the first law firms to center its practice on representing employers in labor and employment matters. Now one of the largest in the field, the firm has maintained its commitment to helping employers find innovative legal and practical solutions to their business needs by offering management preventive advice and litigation defense. Working in many areas of employment law, the firm's attorneys offer a wide breadth of expertise covering such traditional subjects as NLRB, EEOC, wage and hour, and disability law, as well as global immigration, pension and benefits, trade secrets and occupational safety and health. In addition to defending employers in labor cases, Fisher & Phillips attorneys help their clients to minimize litigation risks through the development of effective contracts, policies and procedures and through training supervisors and administrators in practical compliance strategies and dispute resolution. The firm's network of twenty-one offices from coast to coast enable its attorneys to handle matters promptly and efficiently in any state. Its focus on labor and employment law permits the firm to provide cost-effective services to employers ranging from large multi-national companies to small, family-owned businesses. Firm attorneys participate actively in state and local bar associations, charitable organizations, business associations and public service activities.

Fisher & Phillips LLP represents employers in a broad range of industries including automotive, banks and financial institutions, credit unions, health care, hospitality, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, transportation and logistics, private schools, colleges and universities, state and local governments, legal and professional service firms, insurance and related services, and non-profit organizations.

Labor and Employment Law, Labor Relations, Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA), Immigration and Naturalization, Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation, Pension and Benefits, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Breach of Contract, COBRA, Civil Rights, Collective Bargaining, Class Actions, Employee Benefits, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Harassment, Reductions in Force, Risk Management, Sexual Harassment, Trade Secrets, Wage and Hour, Whistleblower Litigation, Wrongful Termination.

NLRB Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Two-Member Decisions
Brian M. Herman, November 18, 2009
On September 29, 2009, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) asked the Supreme Court to resolve a split in the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals as to whether a panel of only two members of the NLRB has the authority to issue final orders under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). As...

Privacy Patrol: Guidelines for Complying with the New Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
Myra K. Creighton, November 18, 2009, previously published by Human Resource Executive Online on October 16, 2009
As of Nov. 21, employers are required to comply with yet another law that restricts disclosure of employee health information. The new law will join others already on the books that require HR leaders to exercise discretion and vigilance when it comes to dispersing and safeguarding such...

Round Up the Usual Suspects
John E. Donovan, November 18, 2009
Over the last year, dealers have devoted most if not all of their attention to keeping their dealerships afloat. They've spent time cutting staff, combining job duties and slashing costs as they watched extraordinary events unfold in the automobile industry. That has not left much time to study...

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