Special Report: Labor & Employment

Features

Editor's Note

The American Lawyer

How is it that a practice still associated with the kind of macho brinksmanship that has traditionally defined collective bargaining negotiations has come to be a specialty area where women are flourishing?

Women's Work

The American Lawyer

When labor and employment lawyer Bettina "Betsy" Plevan goes to court, she often finds herself facing off against another woman.

What's Next

The American Lawyer

Top labor and employment lawyers gaze into their collective crystal ball and offer up predictions about what they expect in the years ahead. One thing they all agree on: They're going to be busy.

Tipped Over

The American Lawyer

How Akin Gump managed to grind out a win in a critical case for longtime client Starbucks.

Forces At Work

Do You Want to Know a Secret?

The American Lawyer

Trade secrets and labor and employment law have always overlapped. These days, given the nature of the modern economy, the lines are only getting blurrier.

Going Global

The American Lawyer

Emboldened by their newfound political clout, unions set their sights on bringing stricter labor standards to the wider world.

The Hollywood Treatment

The American Lawyer

As a novel age-bias suit pitting television writers against networks, studios, and talent agencies nears a final settlement, those on both sides of the decade-long dispute are claiming a measure of victory.

Wal-Mart Waits

The American Lawyer

With a ruling pending in what could be the biggest employment class action ever, the retailer continues to tackle the rest of its labor docket—sometimes in surprising ways.