Litigation Experience

• Dismissed a nationwide FLSA collective action filed against a department store retailer in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts based on arbitration agreements that employees signed, pursuant to the US Supreme Court’s Epic Systems decision.
• Successfully settled a FLSA and Rule 23 putative wage and hour class action filed against a home health care company in the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island, which followed a beneficial ruling at the motion to dismiss stage.
• Successfully settled a disability, sexual orientation, and overtime claim filed by a certified registered nurse anesthetist in the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island on the eve of summary judgment and following a multitude of depositions.
• Successfully mediated a race discrimination claim at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination on behalf of a Massachusetts general contractor.
• Successfully mediated a former employee’s First Amendment and other constitutional claims on behalf of a Connecticut general contractor.
• Successfully mediated a complex software contract dispute on behalf of a New Hampshire hospital and before suit was filed.
• Secured partial summary judgment on a prevailing wage and independent contractor misclassification lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut, which led to a favorable settlement for a Connecticut paint contractor.
• Defeated both FLSA conditional and Rule 23 class certification filed against a package delivery company in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
• Dismissed a putative Rule 23 class action for prevailing wage from the Massachusetts Superior Court’s Business Litigation Session on behalf of an electrical contractor.
• Dismissed a putative Rule 23 class action for alleged Sunday premium pay from the Rhode Island Superior Court’s Business Calendar based on an argument that the applicable statute lacked a private cause of action.