Employment Dispute Highlights:

• Won $355,000 summary judgment award on behalf of major insurer against former employee who secretly recorded colleagues in the workplace in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act.
• Won arbitral award after final hearing resulting in complete dismissal of all claims brought by former employee against multinational information technology services company, including disability discrimination and retaliation claims brought under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
• Won summary disposition in arbitration dismissing 17 causes of action brought by former manager against major consulting firm, including dismissal of race, sex, and disability discrimination and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the New York State Human Rights Law.
• Won Rule 12 dismissal of a putative reverse discrimination class action under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 brought against multinational information technology services company in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
• Won Rule 12 dismissal on behalf of investment and private credit firm of case brought by former employee of portfolio company under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act, and New Jersey common law in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
• Won arbitral award in favor of major pharmaceutical company after hearing in case alleging violations of Title VII, ADEA and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.
• Won several interlocutory appeals in New York and New Jersey State courts.
• Successfully defended first challenge to major pharmaceutical company’s arbitration program in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• Successfully represented amicus in Delaware Supreme Court's reversal of Delaware Chancery Court opinion requiring additional scrutiny of forfeiture-for-competition provisions.

Employment Advice Highlights:

• Advised on validity studies for major utility’s entire pre-employment testing program.
• Advised on validation studies for two major banks.
• Advised on validation study for financial services firm.
• Advised on medical testing for major entertainment company.
• Advised on state and local AI laws and regulations for banks, pharmaceutical company, and AI software vendors.