On October 16, 2024, Fiona Ong co-led a discussion panel on “Complicated C-Suite and High-Level Management Issues” at the annual conference of the American Employment Law Council, a global, invite-only group of top labor and employment attorneys, both in-house and outside counsel, practicing on the management side.

Michael McGuire and Veronica Yu Welsh presented “Critical Updates to Employee Handbooks at the Federal and State Level” to the Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Baltimore on October 15, 2024.

Fiona Ong has once again been recognized by Lexology as its “Legal Influencer” for Employment & Immigration – US, most recently for Q3 2024. Lexology publishes in excess of 450 legal articles daily from more than 1,100 leading law firms and service providers worldwide. Lexology’s quarterly “Lexology Content Marketing Awards” […]

Mark Swerdlin successfully defended a professional services firm in a Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Division investigation into a former high-level official’s claim that the company terminated her employment in retaliation for raising safety concerns. After a thorough investigation, MOSH determined that there was no merit to the allegations and […]

Eric Hemmendinger won a motion to dismiss for a heating and cooling contractor on an employee’s claims under the D.C. Wage Payment and Collection Law that he was not paid the prevailing wage as required under the Davis-Bacon Act. The D.C. Superior Court agreed that the Act does not give […]

Chambers’ Employment 2024 Global Practice Guide, for which Shawe Rosenthal authored the Maryland Chapter, has been released. Our chapter provides a comprehensive overview of labor and employment law in the state. Chambers & Partners is a prominent London-based research and publishing organization that ranks law firms and lawyers based upon their reputation […]

J. Michael McGuire successfully settled a new 4-year collective bargaining agreement for a leading specialty chemical manufacturer with the Teamsters Union, after the agreement was initially rejected by the union members.

We are delighted to announce that J. Michael McGuire has been named the Litigation – Labor and Employment “Lawyer of the Year” in the Baltimore area by The Best Lawyers in America© 2025. Ten other attorneys were also recognized by Best Lawyers: Bruce S. Harrison, Eric Hemmendinger, Darryl G. McCallum, Fiona W. Ong, Stephen D. Shawe, Gary L. Simpler, Mark J. Swerdlin, Teresa […]

Parker Thoeni and Evan Conder won a motion to dismiss defamation claims brought by two former employees of a company. The federal court found that the company’s internal communications about possible fraud by the employees were lawful.

Darryl McCallum successfully defended a county public school system against discrimination and retaliation claims. The federal district court granted summary judgment to the employer, finding that the employer had taken the employment actions at issue for reasons other than the plaintiff’s race or national origin, and not because of plaintiff’s […]