Class action litigation is on the rise and creates significant exposure risks for our clients. Our labor and employment and litigation attorneys have broad litigation experience, making us well equipped to effectively defend against all types of employment-related class and collective actions.

Our experienced team works closely with our clients in a variety of industries to identify and mitigate risks before they evolve into class claims. We do so in a variety of ways, including by auditing our clients’ practices, policies and agreements to identify particular areas of risk, and proposing business-oriented and practical solutions before litigation arises. If class or collective litigation claims are filed, our experienced trial lawyers are well suited to manage and defend against those cases in a variety of forums. We are extremely familiar with our adversaries’ tactics and strategies, and we are able to obtain successful results as part of settlement, mediation and litigation processes.

Our attorneys have successfully represented a wide variety of clients against in various litigation forums involving class claims alleging a variety of violations of the law, including the following:

• Title VII discrimination, harassment and retaliation and related state laws 
• HIPAA, data breach and Biometric Information 
• Negligence
• Wage and hour violations (including, for example, misclassification, overtime, tip credit and minimum wage claims)
• ERISA and breach-of-fiduciary duty
• Privacy, HIPAA, data breach and Biometric Information Privacy Act violations
• Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act violations