Employment Litigation

WBJ names the 2025 Best of Business award winners- Mirick selected as Best Law Firm

Ashlyn Dowd featured in Community Legal Aid

PODCAST: Lauren Sparks discusses Analysis of the Supreme Court Title VII Ruling

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Rich Van Nostrand quoted in Law360, "Mass. Noncompete Law Overhaul Not As Strict As It Seems"

Telegram's One on One with Employment Attorney Jonathan Sigel

Jonathan Sigel interviewed by NECN - How to Prepare for Mass Equity Pay Law

Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Legal Update: "Upcoming Compliance Dates Under the Massachusetts Pay Transparency Act"

Federal Appeals Court Halts Implementation of NLRB Employees' Rights Posting

New Limits on Employer Access To and Use Of Criminal Records Take Effect on May 4, 2012

Attorney General Announces $2.8 Million Settlement with 3 Companies that Violated Massachusetts Prevailing Wage and Misclassification Laws

Supreme Judicial Court Issues Much Anticipated Quinn Bill Decision

Transgender Discrimination Protection

Massachusetts Court Upholds Students' Suspensions for Hazing Incident

Principal and Teacher Who Exchanged Intimate E-Mails May Proceed with Invasion of Privacy Claim Against Employer

Addiction in the Workplace Forum: Bob Kilroy to serve on panel

Representative Matters

• Successfully defended an office solutions company in the U.S. District Court against a race discrimination claim brought by a regional sales manager. The plaintiff had rejected a settlement offer of several hundred thousand dollars before proceeding to trial
• Obtained a high-seven-figure award for our minority shareholder client following a jury-waived trial for "freeze-out" in Worcester Superior Court. This was on of the few cases in which the Court ordered the repurchase of a minority shareholder's stock interest in the company at a percentage of the company value without any discount for marketability or minority interest
• Successfully defended an automobile dealership and leasing company in Middlesex Superior Court against an age discrimination claim brought by a former sales manager
• Secured preliminary and permanent injunctions in the Business Litigation Session of the Suffolk Superior Court on behalf of a nano-particulate business against a former chief chemist for trade secret misappropriation
• Successfully defended a warehouse and bulk supplier in Bristol Superior Court in separate age discrimination and workers' compensation claims brought by a driver and a warehouse worker, respectively
• Successfully defended an accounting firm against a pregnancy discrimination claim brought by an accountant in Worcester Superior Court
• Obtained a summary judgment in favor of our accounting firm client in a disability discrimination claim in the U.S. District Court. On appeal, dismissal was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• Obtained a summary judgment in favor of our aerospace manufacturing client in a race discrimination claim in the U.S. District Court. The plaintiff's appeal was dismissed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• Obtained enforcement of a non-competition agreement on behalf of an educational software company, resulting in the removal of a former executive from a competitor's workforce and the recoupment of attorneys' fees
• Successfully defended multiple executives facing numerous counts of discrimination, wrongful termination and whistleblower retaliation in federal court. The case was won with an initial motion to dismiss prior to discovery
• Successfully defended a municipality facing breach-of-contract claims in federal court following termination of an employee's contract for poor performance. The case was won prior to summary judgment based on admissions by the plaintiff at her deposition
• Successfully defended a major medical institution facing breach-of-contract claims, intentional interference with contractual relations and defamation in federal court. The case was won with an initial motion to dismiss prior to discovery
• Successfully defended a service provider and its executives against age discrimination claims. The case was won based on admissions obtained at the plaintiff's deposition