Criminal Law

• Fraud
  Conducting internal investigations in a variety of areas, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Anti-Money Laundering/Bank Secrecy Act, human trafficking, health care fraud, securities fraud, mortgage fraud, bank fraud, embezzlement, conversion, and computer intrusion incidents;
• Theft
• Embezzlement
• Money Laundering
• Extortion
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Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Our Corporate Governance and Internal Investigations practice group includes former senior in-house corporate counsel, distinguished trial attorneys and former government attorneys who offer a team approach to organizational compliance challenges. In many cases, we are retained to handle such matters by the organization’s senior management or by its board of directors.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Advising shareholders, public and private/family-held corporations, bank holding corporations, institutional and individual trustees, officers, directors, and other parties and investors (i.e., private equity groups) on designing, implementing and using ESOPs in various types of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, estate and succession planning, hostile takeover bids, tender offers, shareholder liquidity/Section 1042 of the Internal Revenue Code tax-deferred transactions, stock re-purchases by issuers, redemptions and recapitalizations, management and leveraged buyouts, and the use of ESOPs as an acquisition strategy.
• Business Transactions
• Trade Secrets
  Trade secret protection and restrictive covenant counseling, including advising on employment agreements, non-competition agreements and related protective instruments effective during and after employment;
• Unfair Competition
  We offer employers a multi-disciplinary approach to help confront all forms of unfair competition, both through appropriate agreements and policies and in courts across the United States and beyond. No matter what the client’s particular situation, we bring to bear a wealth of knowledge, experience and practical solutions that make business sense.

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Defend against single plaintiff and class actions across the U.S. covering a wide range of employment related claims involving whistleblower and retaliation, wage and hour, constructive discharge, discrimination, hostile work environment, health and safety, and all other wrongful termination allegations, as well as claims pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
• Employment Discrimination
  Legal vulnerability assessments or “Diagnostic” Assessments that examine internal complaint processes, employment discrimination/retaliation/harassment/hostile work environment claims, human resource policies and practices and workforce demographic trends;
• Employment Contract
  Drafting and enforcing the terms of employment policies relevant to the technology industry including employment contracts, arbitration and non-disclosure agreements, and incentive compensation plans;
• Employment Litigation
  Attorneys at Jackson Lewis P.C. combine industry knowledge with an emphasis on compliance and preventive counseling. In this hyper-competitive environment, workplace disputes, defamation and negative publicity can have far-reaching consequences. We counsel media industry employers on the entire range of labor and employment, benefits and immigration-related issues, and provide representation in individual and class action employment litigation. We aim to minimize disruptions, so you can focus on performance.
• Non-compete Agreement
• Severance Agreement
  Drafting employment-related documents, including employment and severance agreements, handbooks and policy manuals, and non-compete and non-disclosure agreements;
• Sexual Harassment
  Advising organizations in the entertainment industry on the gamut of issues both before and during the #MeToo/#TIMESUP era, including advice and counsel on high-profile sexual harassment matters, multi-employee complaint situations, thorny investigations and pre- and post-litigation dispute management;

Immigration Law

• Employment Immigration
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• Work Visas

Health Law

• Disability Discrimination
  Our Disability, Leave and Health Management Practice Group has long been at the cutting edge of disability law issues, including ADA, FMLA and leave management cases arising under state and federal law. We use this experience to assist clients who face claims that their employment policies or practices have a discriminatory impact on employees who take leave or are disabled, and we offer proactive advice on best practices and effective litigation strategies.

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Tax Law
  Our clients range from local, national, and international law firms, accounting firms, tax preparation firms, staffing organizations and professional employer organizations (PEOs), and administrative service organizations (ASOs), to architectural, engineering, and design firms and beyond. We are keenly aware of the labor and employment issues these employers face on a daily basis.