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More than 270 labor and employment lawyers in 15 U.S. offices and 3 international offices

Named an "Employment Group of the Year" by Law360 (2010)

Ranked in Band 1 for "National Labor and Employment Practice" in Chambers USA 2011

Ranked in Band 1 for "National ERISA Litigation Practice" in Chambers USA 2011—noting Charles Jackson, Gregory Braden, and Brian Ortelere as leading individuals

36 labor and employment lawyers in Chambers 2011 listings—USA and Global

The American Lawyer magazine's Litigation Department of the Year—Labor and Employment Law Winner in 2006, Finalist in 2004, 2008, 2010, and 2012

Ranked #1 for Labor & Employment Law in Corporate Counsel's 2010 "Who Represents America's Biggest Companies"

Ranked #1 for Labor and Employment—2012 Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms

22 partners elected as fellows to the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

Ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 for ERISA Litigation, Labor and Employment Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, and Workplace and Employment Counseling (2011)

Four lawyers listed among the 100 most powerful employment attorneys by Human Resource Executive (2011)

Ranked National Tier 1: Employment Law—Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)

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05/30/12 Recent Efforts by Government Agencies to Fight Employee Misclassification (NAHB)
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05/01/12 Morgan Lewis London Labour & Employment is joined by leading international Immigration team
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05/15/12 District Court Blocks New NLRB Election Procedures
This highly anticipated decision strikes down the NLRB's new election procedures in their entirety, finding the Board did not act with the required three-member quorum when it approved the final rules in December 2011.
05/03/12 Phase 2 of Massachusetts CORI Changes Set to Take Effect
Employers taking advantage of increased access to criminal offender record information must comply with strict information-dissemination and recordkeeping guidelines.
05/02/12 Important Updates to Massachusetts’ Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) Law, XpertHR podcast
04/30/12 New NLRB Election Rules Go into Effect April 30
The Board's Acting General Counsel has issued guidance on the rules; their full impact will depend on the outcome of a lawsuit challenging their implementation, with a decision due by May 15.
04/30/12 Managing the Global Workforce: Greater Asian Market
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03/30/12 UK Employment Law Changes

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Celia Kendrick, Matthew Howse

Government's efforts to spur economic growth lengthen the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims and streamline Employment Tribunal procedures.

03/23/12 UK Court Decision on Objective Justification for Age Discrimination Claims

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Matthew Howse, Robert Sinclair

Long awaited judgment from the Court of Appeal focuses on the merits of the 'cost-alone' argument.

03/15/12 UK Government Introduces Further Changes to Immigration Rules

LawFlash/Client Alert | Immigration Alert
Gemma Goodhead, Nicholas Hobson

New changes to Immigration Rules affect migrant workers and students and include minimum salary thresholds for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) applicants, a new visitor category, and a Graduate Entrepreneur route.

03/08/12 Managing the Global Workforce Series: The United Kingdom and European Union Countries

Presentation | Webinar
A. James Vázquez-Azpiri, Tram-Anh Frank, François Vergne, Matthew Howse, Tony Mou, Mark Zelek, Eleanor Pelta, Walter Ahrens, Denise Backhouse, Zaitun Poonja

Morgan Lewis presented the first of a four part webinar sessions moderated by Morgan Lewis's International Labor and Employment team leader, Mark E. Zelek, entitled "Getting the Deal Through Labour & Employment 2011 - Man... more

03/06/12 D.C. Court Issues Split Decision in NLRB Notice Case

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Doreen Davis, Ross Friedman

Judge upholds Board's authority to issue the rule requiring notice, but strikes down penalty provisions.

03/03/12 Angels, Demons and the NLRB — Perspectives on Congressional Oversight, paper presented to the American Bar Association, Committee on Practice and Procedure Under the NLRA, Midwinter Meeting

Presentation | Speech
Philip Miscimarra

02/28/12 Power Harassment in the Workplace

LawFlash/Client Alert | Morgan Lewis-TMI LawFlash
David McManus, Lisa Yano, Gregory Salathé

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare report addresses a growing problem in the country's workplace; definition and proposed guidelines offer new level of clarity to employers.

02/24/12 The Road Ahead for Immigration Issues, Part 1: The Most Important Immigration Developments for 2012

Presentation | Podcast
Eleanor Pelta

Morgan Lewis is proud to present a three-part interview series with Eleanor Pelta, Morgan Lewis partner and President of The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) for t... more

02/24/12 The Road Ahead for Immigration Issues, Part 2: Immigration Issues Before The United States Supreme Court

Presentation | Podcast
Eleanor Pelta

Morgan Lewis is proud to present a three-part interview series with Eleanor Pelta, Morgan Lewis partner and President of The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) for t... more

02/24/12 The Road Ahead for Immigration Issues, Part 3: From the AILA President’s Perspective – AILA’s goals and mission in 2012

Presentation | Podcast
Eleanor Pelta

Morgan Lewis is proud to present a three-part interview series with Eleanor Pelta, Morgan Lewis partner and President of The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) for t... more

02/19/12 Report of the Fiduciary Responsibility Subcommittee, presented at the ABA Employee Benefits Committee, Section of Labor and Employment Law Midwinter Meeting, San Diego, CA

Presentation | Speech
Sean McMahan, Deborah Davidson, Jeffrey Kmoch, Erica Flores, Simon Torres, Emily Glunz, Allison Powers

02/11/12 Practical Considerations When Hiring Employees With Restrictive Covenants, presented at the Fighting and Defeating Restrictive Covenants ICLE Seminar

Presentation | Speech
Richard Rosenblatt

02/10/12 Statistical Sampling Inappropriate in Wage and Hour Class Action

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

California Court of Appeal reaffirms in Duran v. U.S. Bank National Association that class actions cannot trump a defendant's due process rights.

02/07/12 DOL Proposes New FMLA Regulations on Military Family Leave

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Michael Ossip, Corrie Conway, Silvia LeBlanc, Sarah Andrews

Proposed rules impact exigency leave and military caregiver leave and include clarifications on increments of intermittent leave.

02/06/12 DLSE Updates California Wage Theft Prevention Act FAQs

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

Despite the DLSE's effort to provide guidance to employers on compliance with the act, questions remain.

02/06/12 Venture-Ready Entrepreneur Workshop: Keeping Foreign Entrepreneurs (and Their Startups) in the United States

Presentation | Webinar
Lisa Burton, Jeffrey Bodle, Eleanor Pelta

Morgan Lewis partners, Jeffrey Bodle, Lisa Burton, and Eleanor Pelta presented the Venture Ready Entrepreneur Workshop Series webinar focusing on immigration. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, entrepreneurs drive Am... more

02/03/12 Class Action Arbitration Waiver Rejected by Federal Appellate Court

LawFlash/Client Alert | Class Actions LawFlash
Litigation Practice

Second Circuit sidesteps Concepcion and holds that the ability to enforce federal statutory rights mandates that a plaintiff be allowed to pursue a class action in court notwithstanding the parties' agreement to mandatory arbitration.

02/01/12 Overhaul of European Data Protection Law Announced

LawFlash/Client Alert | Advertising, Consumer Protection, and Privacy LawFlash
Celia Kendrick, François Vergne, Matthew Howse, Walter Ahrens

European Commission proposal for a new General Data Protection Regulation aims to strengthen and harmonise data protection law across Europe.

01/12/12 Independent Contractors: What You Should Know from Inside the Beltway

Presentation | Webinar
Claudia Hinsch, David Fuller, Michael Puma

Morgan Lewis presents the second webinar in our two-part series discussing the treatment of independent workers by the legislative and executive branches, including proposed independent contractor legislation and developments... more

01/10/12 New Jersey Adopts Uniform Trade Secrets Act

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

Newly enacted New Jersey Trade Secrets Act protects businesses against actual or threatened misappropriation of trade secrets, providing for injunctive relief, damages, punitive damages, and attorney's fees.

01/09/12 Arbitration Agreement Barring Class Litigation Violates the NLRA

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

The NLRB in D.R. Horton holds that the home builder violated the NLRA by conditioning employment on agreements providing that all employment disputes and claims would be resolved in arbitration, and foreclosing any litigation of "class" or "collective" claims in court or arbitration.

12/30/11 California Wage Theft Prevention Act Takes Effect January 1, 2012

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

DLSE issues template notice for use by employers.

12/21/11 NLRB Implements Extraordinary Regulatory Overhaul to Election Procedures

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

Employers covered by the NLRA should prepare for the possibility of organizing campaigns with expedited representation election procedures that provide extremely limited pre-election hearings and restrictive appeal options; elections will be held much more quickly than the current median of 38 days after the petition is filed.

2011 Contributing author, Chapter 19, “Collective Actions,” 2011 Supplement to The Fair Labor Standards Act (2d Ed), ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law

Outside Publication | Chapter
Michael Puma

12/16/11 Major Revisions Proposed to AAPs for Individuals with Disabilities

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

Expansive new proposals by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs would increase the affirmative action requirements for individuals with disabilities.

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