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Practice/Industry Group Overview
Our Employment and Labor Group has over 25 years experience representing corporate and public sector clients, including Fortune 500 companies such as Wyeth and Pfizer Inc., and smaller entities such as NSI Software and Fabcon, Inc. We emphasize the importance of early case assessment and cost-effective litigation management, traditional strengths that have been augmented by the insight of our former Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and three retired Superior Court judges. Our approach is to effectively counsel clients on how to avoid employment-related claims and to provide early recommendations on which cases to defend vigorously and which cases to settle.
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Services Available
Employment Law
We represent clients in wrongful discharge, employee discrimination and sexual harassment litigation in federal and state courts and in administrative proceedings. We defend clients against allegations of all types of discrimination including gender, race, national origin, age and disability. Our attorneys handle Equal Employment Opportunity investigations and civil rights complaints. We assist clients in enforcing the terms of restrictive covenants against departing employees, and in protecting against acts of employee disloyalty or unfair competition.
Labor Law
Our labor lawyers have broad experience assisting clients in union organizing campaigns and in resolving unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board, the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, and the New York State Employment Relations Board. Our attorneys also have broad experience in the negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements, including grievance arbitration proceedings.
Counseling
We provide our clients with employment and labor counseling to minimize exposure to claims and to avoid litigation. In addition to representing our clients in arbitration proceedings and litigated matters, we regularly counsel clients on:
- Employee discipline and discharge
- Employment policies, handbooks and manuals
- Union avoidance techniques
- WARN Act liability
- Successorship liability
- Union picketing and boycotts
- Strike preparation
Representative Cases
Our employment law attorneys have handled landmark cases, helping to shape the current legal landscape. Our precedent setting cases include:
Pierce v. Ortho Pharmaceutical—New Jersey Supreme Court ruling establishing the public policy exception to the employment-at-will doctrine.
Linn v. Beneficial Commercial Corporation—A published appellate decision upholding the employer’s right to discharge an employee as part of a reduction in force, notwithstanding certain language in the employment manual.
Franklin, et al. v. NPS—A published appellate decision using the RICO statute to recover fees from contracted professionals who defrauded our client.
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Clients:
Daiichi Pharmaceutical Corporation , Fabcon, Inc., Fiabila USA, Inc. , Humanscale Corporation , Initiative Foods , Legett & Platt, Inc. , Metzger, Inc. , New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police , NSI Software , Penguin Group (USA) Inc. , Pfizer Inc. , Pure Energy Corporation , Summit Anesthesia Associates , Williams-Sonoma , Wyeth
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