Providing Ongoing Employment Advice to Colleges and Universities
Miles & Stockbridge provides employment law advice on an ongoing basis on an array of matters of importance to numerous colleges and universities, working closely with the General Counsel and other senior leaders. We advise them in employment law, faculty matters, sensitive employment issues, student issues, internal investigations, and numerous other areas.
Serving as Outside General Counsel to Independent Schools
We serve as outside general counsel to several independent schools. We provide ongoing legal advice to the schools on employment law, faculty issues and faculty contracts, student conduct issues, enrollment agreements and other contract matters, school policies, and numerous other areas.
Maintaining Compliance, Preserving Value and Retaining Employees During Acquisition
In early 2020, our client engaged in significant restructuring of its operations that included sales of several operating units. It was critical for the company to maintain compliance and preserve value in the company during this time. We assisted the companies with retention agreements for key employees to retain their services to preserve value for a buyer, as well as overseeing reductions in force and severance programs as a result of shrinking support operations as schools were sold.
Representing Food Manufacturer in Employment Issues
Miles & Stockbridge represents a food manufacturer in a variety of employment issues, including a wage and hour class action case. The case was highly complex involving the Fair Labor Standards Act and motor carrier exemptions to that law. We also represented the company in a disability discrimination case at the EEOC.
Representing Multifamily Housing Company in Wage and Discrimination Claims
Miles & Stockbridge represented a large owner and operator multifamily housing company in a federal wage and hour class action in Texas and two cases in Arizona federal court. One involved discrimination and wage claims while the other involved discrimination claims by a tenant under the Fair Housing Act.
Conducting Extensive Training for Management and Employees
Miles & Stockbridge conducts extensive training for management and employees on topics of harassment, FMLA, internal investigations and employment law for managers.
Securing Favorable Settlement in Financial Services Age Discrimination Case
Secured a favorable settlement for a financial services company in an age discrimination case, brought by a former salesperson alleging leads were not distributed equally, before the EEOC.
Providing General Employment Advice to Insurance Provider
Miles & Stockbridge provided general employment advice to a U.S. division of a global commercial insurance provider, pertaining to ADA, wage and hour, FMLA, sexual harassment and contract negotiation issues.
Reaching Favorable Settlement in Pending Wage and Hour Class Action
Reached a favorable settlement for a national credit counseling firm in a wage and hour class action pending in Arizona.
