Contact:
Rick Bergstrom or
Daniel P. Westman
Morrison & Foerster focuses on Employment and Labor Law matters of critical strategic importance to our clients and offers
capabilities that leverage the firm’s core competencies, particularly in Litigation. The hallmark of the practice is high-stakes
litigation involving employment class actions, theft of trade secrets, complex employment matters, workplace privacy, and
traditional labor relations. We provide counseling, auditing and litigation avoidance strategies concerning all aspects of
the employment relationship. In addition, we work closely with attorneys in our corporate practice to regularly assist clients
in the multi-jurisdictional employment aspects of domestic and international mergers and acquisitions and sourcing transactions.
We are proud of our record as trial lawyers. We have successfully tried more than 100 cases to verdict, including whistleblower,
retaliation, theft of trade secret, and employee raiding claims. We have also successfully litigated some of the largest class
action cases to date. In addition, we have an unparalleled record in obtaining, or defeating requests, for emergency preliminary
injunctions, winning summary judgment motions, defeating class certification motions, or engaging in early ADR.
We represent every type of client, from start-up companies to multinationals, from non-profits and public sector entities
to private and public companies. We are particularly active in industries in which the firm has deep domain expertise, including
financial services, information technology, life sciences and retail.
Many of our 60 attorneys in 12 offices throughout the United States, the European Union, and Asia have written books on cutting-edge
issues (including whistleblowing, Sarbanes-Oxley, ADA, and wage and hour compliance) and have been recognized as leading labor
and employment attorneys by Chambers, The Recorder, The Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers. Several of our partners are also Fellows in the prestigious College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and our labor and employment
practice was recommended by PLC Which Lawyer? in 2005. Several of our partners have also testified before Congress on issues concerning retaliation, whistleblowing, Sarbanes-Oxley,
and disability access.
For more information about our Employment and Labor practice, including representative matters, please follow the links below:
Employment Class Actions
Trade Secrets
Sarbanes-Oxley and Whistleblowing
Discrimination and Other Employment Litigation
Labor Relations
International Employment Law
Advice, Counseling and Training
