Two Constangy Employment Law Articles Among Top Reads on JD Supra in 2024

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Third-party professional content aggregator, JD Supra, curated a compilation of the most popular labor and employment law articles published on their platform in 2024, featuring two notable contributions from Constangy.

Included among the top 15 most-read publications for the year were Constangy attorney Chris Deubert’s article titled “Two years into his bias suit against NFL, Brian Flores has little to show for it” and partner Ellen Kearns’ piece titled “New salary level is coming for exempt white-collar employees, unless...” were both included in the 15 top-read publications on the platform for the year.

Chris is an attorney with more than thirteen years of experience at law firms, in-house, and in academia, with extensive expertise in sports, litigation, and labor and employment. He represents and advises employers with respect to a variety of labor and employment matters, including discrimination complaints, wage and hour claims, class actions, employment agreements, restrictive covenants, data privacy, trade secrets, employee handbooks and policies, internal investigations, and more. Chris also advises and represents a variety of parties in the sports industry, including teams, associations/tours, and agents/agencies, as well as universities and related parties in NCAA and other regulatory matters. Chris previously operated as a solo practitioner, representing mostly clients in the sports industry, including but not limited to professional sports teams and athletes, sports agents, a sports marketing agency, and an NFT-related sports start-up. Chris assisted clients with litigation, league matters, employment, transactional matters, corporate governance, corporate formation, intellectual property, sports betting, and more.

Ellen represents management in a full range of traditional labor and employment issues, including NLRB proceedings, negotiations, and arbitration. Ellen has obtained injunctions in labor disputes, and has resolved strike issues. She has appeared before federal and state courts and administrative agencies with respect to employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge cases, wage and hour matters, and other employment-related litigation. Ellen is recognized nationally for her wage and hour expertise, having served as Editor-in-Chief of the first, second and third editions of the ABA/BNA Treatise, The Fair Labor Standards Act.

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