Contact: Rick Bergstrom or Dan 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 theft of trade secrets, employment class actions, 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 40 attorneys in offices throughout the United States, the European Union, and Asia have written books on cutting-edge
issues (including whistleblowing, Sarbanes-Oxley, and wage and hour compliance) and have testified before Congress on issues
concerning retaliation, whistleblowing, Sarbanes-Oxley, and disability access. In 2008, we were selected as a “Go-To Law Firm
for Labor and Employment” in a national survey conducted by ALM. In addition, our labor and employment practice has been recommended
by PLC Which Lawyer? (2005-2008), Chambers and Partners (2005-2008), and The Legal 500 US guide recognized us for our cutting-edge work in employee mobility and trade secrets (2007-2008). Several of our attorneys
have also been recognized as leading employment and labor attorneys by Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 US, The Recorder, The Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers.
