Labor & Employment: The Elite

Morrison & Foerster’s Employment & Labor Group focuses on matters of critical strategic importance to our clients. The hallmark of our practice is high-stakes litigation, and our team is positioned squarely at the forefront of key issues affecting the labor and employment market today:

Employee mobility and trade secrets.  We have litigated some of the most significant cases in California and the United States, and we author or contribute to several of the leading treatises in these areas.

Wage-and-hour disputes.  Our team has a winning record of defeating class certification in wage-and-hour class actions, including actions based on alleged worker misclassification and meal and rest break violations. This year, we have scored nearly one major victory a month for our clients in wage-and hour class actions.

Whistleblower cases.  We are leaders in investigating and defending whistleblower retaliation claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and many other state and federal whistleblower protection laws.

Discrimination/wrongful termination.  We routinely advise clients on discrimination issues and defend them against claims of discrimination and harassment.

We also provide counseling, auditing, and litigation-avoidance strategies concerning all aspects of the employment relationship, and work seamlessly across practice areas to assist clients in the multijurisdictional employment aspects of domestic and international mergers and acquisitions and sourcing transactions.