ERISA and Employment Litigation
SNR Denton represents companies in numerous
types of employment-related litigation, including class actions,
EEOC pattern and practice suits, discrimination charges and
lawsuits, and other high-profile matters. We are involved in
trade secret and restrictive covenant litigation and ERISA actions
regarding single employer and multi-employer benefit plans.
Our lawyers represent clients before employment-related regulatory
agencies in all our jurisdictions, and we regularly represent our
clients in all types of National Labor Relations Board proceedings
involving labor unions.
Our lawyers regularly defend and try cases for
clients at all stages before US state and federal courts and
administrative agencies in individual, multi-plaintiff, and class
action discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases arising
under Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA, the Fair Labor Standards Act,
the Family and Medical Leave Act, the WARN Act, and corresponding
state and local fair employment practice laws and regulations.
We provide clients with a broad range of
pre-litigation advice in all types of workforce
matters. All of our work -- from the drafting of
employment policies and contracts to dealing with problem employees
and providing transactional advice in the course of mergers and
acquisitions, reductions in force, and other business activities
-- is designed to avoid lawsuits and minimize exposure if
claims are filed. Our employment lawyers are known for
providing practical, business-oriented advice.
We represent numerous clients in connection
with benefits-related administrative controversies before the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US Department of Labor (DOL)
and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). We also
counsel plan sponsors and committees, institutional and individual
trustees and other clients regarding compliance questions,
prohibited transactions, related excise tax issues and various
ERISA fiduciary standards and issues, and health reform issues for
employer-sponsored health plans as they are demanding increasing
attention from our lawyers.
Areas of Focus:
- ERISA Litigation and Administrative Disputes
- Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation Claims
- Wage and Hour Class Action Defense
- Wrongful Discharge Litigation
- Employment Torts
- Restrictive Covenants
- National Labor Relations Board Proceedings
- OSHA Claims
- Internal Investigations