Employment Litigation

Representing Employers and Employees in and around Massachusetts

Sally & Fitch LLP has enjoyed considerable success representing both employers and employees in a broad range of non-competition, non-solicitation, and confidentiality agreement cases, employment discrimination actions and wrongful termination claims. We fashion strategies for employers calculated to win - whether through litigation, arbitration, mediation or settlement - by thoroughly analyzing claims of sex, age, race and handicap discrimination, or wrongful termination, and by demonstrating our clients' adherence to the letter and intent of the laws at issue. We also represent the interests of executives and employees who are negotiating employment and severance agreements or asserting termination-related claims.

Examples from our Employment Litigation Practice:

We obtained summary judgment for an employer in a federal court case in which the plaintiff alleged that she was selected for layoff because she was pregnant. The judgment was upheld on appeal.

In a multi-plaintiff case in the Massachusetts Superior Court alleging sexual harassment, we obtained partial summary judgment disposing of most of the plaintiffs' claims on the ground that the conduct alleged was not so pervasive or serious as to constitute a hostile or offensive work environment. The remaining claim was arbitrated, resulting in a finding for our client the employer.

In numerous proceedings before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, we have obtained "lack of probable cause" findings on a wide variety of employment discrimination claims against our employer clients.

We represented six former executives of a software company in breach of contract cases against the company's parent corporation. All claims were successfully and quickly resolved through mediation.

We have obtained emergency and temporary restraining orders enforcing non-competition and confidentiality agreements on behalf of employers in numerous instances.