Labor & Employment

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Provided by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Hunton’s labor and employment team understands the challenges facing employers today and represents clients in virtually every form of traditional and emerging labor and employment issue. The firm has represented national and multinational corporations in countless class and collective actions, pattern and practice actions, government enforcement actions, individual and multi-plaintiff claims, and state agency proceedings. The team’s lawyers include numerous courtroom veterans and are among the few lawyers who have tried class and collective actions to jury verdict using representative proof. Its traditional labor lawyers are known for their expertise in complex union and labor matters before the National Labor Relations Board and the courts, representing clients nationwide in high-stakes union proceedings. The team also has a robust counseling practice that routinely advises clients on day-to-day compliance matters and partners with colleagues in firm transactional practices on mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, spin offs, and other corporate transactions. Our team represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment matters, including trade secrets, non-competes, internal investigations, allegations of discrimination, harassment, breach of contract, wrongful termination, and retaliation, background checks, drug testing, and other federal and state law claims.