Employment Litigation
We specialize in helping our clients navigate through the complex and sometimes confounding issues that arise in employment relationships and the termination of those relationships.
In addition to handling claims of wrongful termination, retaliation, harassment, discrimination, and wage and hour violations, we also have expertise in claims dealing with whistle-blowers, breach of employment agreements, trade secret misappropriation, and breach of the duty of loyalty.
Recent Cases
- Defense of Fortune 200 technology firm in multiple cases alleging disability discrimination, retaliation, failure to accommodate, failure to pay wages, and related claims.
- Defense of financial services and retail firms in suits alleging disability discrimination.
- Obtained the complete dismissal of a lawsuit claiming the misappropriation of trade secrets and misappropriation of business opportunities.
- Secured preliminary injunction for a financial services firm against a former employee for breaching the duty of loyalty and enjoining the use of misappropriated customer data.
- Prevailed on behalf of a class of technology workers in FLSA collective action against the owners of a failed gaming firm, resulting in substantial recoveries for class members.
- Defense of software reseller in claims by former employee for unpaid commissions and retaliation.
- Several successful engagements in cases dealing with commissioned workers, wage and hour and PAGA disputes, domestic workers (nannies), misclassification, and other Labor Code claims.
- Multiple engagements dealing with the departure of key C-suite employees.
We also advise clients on state and federal employment laws and provide counseling to ensure clients maintain smooth and compliant employment relationships.
Our Expertise
Business Litigation
Employment Litigation