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September 13, 2021
Warren Postman of Keller Lenkner LLC's arbitration practice won an appellate ruling that said Postmates had to pay more than $10 million to cover filing fees for couriers in a misclassification case, and forced DoorDash Inc. to live up to its agreement to resolve issues with its couriers out of court, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Employment MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
Nicole Buffalano of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped the National Women's Soccer League be the first U.S. professional team sport to take to the field following pandemic shutdowns, guided health care providers through ever-changing COVID-19 protocols, and represented Amazon during the unionization effort at an Alabama facility, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Employment Law MVPs.
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September 09, 2021
Joseph Sellers of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's employment practice led a class of flight service specialists to a $44 million settlement with the Federal Aviation Administration to end one of the federal government's largest age bias payouts, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Employment MVPs.
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September 08, 2021
Gerald L. Maatman Jr. of the Seyfarth Shaw LLP employment law practice group secured a settlement that paid workers in gift cards to end a sprawling class action against Jimmy John's that threatened its franchise business model, securing him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Employment MVPs.
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September 07, 2021
Erin Connell of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's employment law and litigation practice helped computer technology giant Oracle defeat a sweeping $400 million administrative pay bias suit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Employment MVPs.
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August 30, 2021
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2021 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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October 09, 2020
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Julie Jordan garnered two big wins last fall as lead counsel for a subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in suits brought by workers in the wake of a criminal bribery investigation, helping to earn her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Employment MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
Gerald Maatman led a Seyfarth Shaw LLP team that negotiated an unpaid wages class action settlement that took a novel approach to distributing payouts by sending gift cards to franchisee pizza restaurant employees, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Tritia Murata helped Ralphs Grocery score a trial victory in a case over California's suitable seating requirements, the first such trial of its kind following a landmark Golden State high court ruling, landing her a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Jason Schwartz, an expert dismantler of worker class actions, collected a win for his client Lowe's last month when a North Carolina judge dismissed a wage case involving potentially thousands of workers, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment Law MVPs for the second straight year.
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October 05, 2020
DLA Piper's Norman Leon successfully argued to the Third Circuit that a district court should honor an arbitration agreement incorporating American Arbitration Association rules that say the out-of-court referee gets to decide whether the case belongs in court, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment MVPs.
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October 04, 2020
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2020 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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November 21, 2019
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Sam Shaulson helped JPMorgan Chase secure a first-of-its-kind appellate ruling by the Fifth Circuit that workers who had signed arbitration agreements shouldn't be notified of a pending collective action, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.
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November 20, 2019
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP wage-and-hour ace Richard Simmons persuaded the California Supreme Court to say workers can waive their rights to a second meal period during long shifts, notching a rare management-side win there and earning himself a spot among Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.
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November 19, 2019
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Jason C. Schwartz secured a win for a Sprint contractor in a case over sales workers' classification, led the team tasked by Wynn Resorts to probe alleged sexual misconduct by then-CEO Steve Wynn and represents Amazon in an ongoing job ad bias case, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.
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November 18, 2019
Over the past year, Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner Jerry Maatman has guided employers through high-stakes cases that required cutting-edge legal arguments, including helping freight company C.H. Robinson scuttle an attempt to notify workers who had signed arbitration agreements of a pending collective action, securing him a spot among Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.
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November 15, 2019
Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP's Deborah Marcuse has more than held her own in litigation against a series of big targets this year, including an Ivy League university, BigLaw firms and a multinational drug maker, earning herself a spot on the list of Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.
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November 08, 2019
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2019 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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December 03, 2018
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Lynne Hermle helped tech giant Microsoft and social media outfit Twitter beat back gender discrimination class actions in the past year, landing her a spot among Law360's Employment MVPs for the fourth time.
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November 30, 2018
Karen Kubin of Morrison & Foerster LLP helped employers fend off potentially costly suits seeking pay overtime for classes of workers over the past year, earning the longtime employment litigator a spot among Law360's 2018 Employment MVPs.
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November 29, 2018
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Grace E. Speights, who is defending PBS against Tavis Smiley's claim he was wrongfully fired after facing sexual harassment allegations, has emerged as a go-to legal adviser for high-profile employers looking to evaluate their workplaces and navigate issues related to the #MeToo movement, earning her a spot among Law360's Employment MVPs.
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November 28, 2018
Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner Jerry Maatman helped Jimmy John's escape massive wage-and-hour litigation by proving the company isn't responsible for its individual franchisees and separately got a 70,000-member class arbitration cut down to 250 people, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Employment MVPs.
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November 27, 2018
David Sanford of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP helped a former Columbia University professor, who said she was denied tenure after complaining a colleague sexually harassed her, win a $1.25 million damages award this year, and also represented female attorneys accusing large law firms of gender bias, earning him a place as one of Law360's 2018 Employment MVPs.
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November 26, 2018
Kalpana Kotagal of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC became one of the legal faces of the #MeToo movement after actress Frances McDormand name-dropped the "inclusion rider" initiative Kotagal co-authored at this year's Academy Awards, earning Kotagal a spot among Law360's 2018 Employment MVPs.
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November 21, 2018
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2018 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.