Employment Law, Noncompete, and Contract Expertise
Employment Law Solutions for Businesses
EKS helps employers achieve employment law compliance and avoid litigation landmines through thoughtful and pragmatic advice, sound HR/personnel practices, strategic planning and decision-making, and clear and enforceable contractual obligations. We also vigorously defend employers facing employment law claims, whether asserted in employee “demand letters,” in charges filed with the EEOC (or other government agencies), or in lawsuits filed in state or federal court. We have extensive experience representing companies in cases involving all manner of employment-related claims, including:
- Claims of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, and other federal and state statutes;
- Alleged violations of the FMLA and other employee leave laws;
- "Whistleblower” claims and claims of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy;
- Allegations of trade-secret misappropriation; and
Various tort claims, including claims of tortious interference with contract or business relations.
EKS has helped countless employers successfully navigate a vast array of employment law issues.
Noncompete Expertise for Businesses and Individuals
EKS Law provides a full spectrum of services relating to contractual noncompete restrictions, trade secret rights, and issues of unfair competition.
EKS represents businesses and individuals in negotiating and drafting restrictive covenant agreements. We also advise clients regarding their rights, obligations, and options under existing restrictive covenant agreements, and we provide strategic advice regarding the enforceability and scope of noncompete/non-solicit restrictions. EKS has helped countless clients successfully navigate noncompete-related issues and risks that arise during the recruitment and onboarding processes. We also have extensive expertise and experience in enforcing valid restrictive covenants and defending against overreaching noncompete claims.
Workplace Investigations
EKS performs skillful third-party workplace investigations for employers. Effective internal investigations of employee complaints and sensitive personnel matters are essential to employment law compliance, and there are occasions where an employer is best served to outsource the investigative function to an independent party with employment law expertise. With decades of experience in employment law compliance and workplace investigations, EKS has the know-how and ability to effectively investigate all types of employee complaints and personnel issues.
Mediation
EKS provides mediation services for parties embroiled in disputes involving employment law issues, noncompete and trade-secret rights, and issues of unfair competition. Mediation is an ADR process in which a neutral third party (the mediator) facilitates confidential settlement negotiations between parties to a lawsuit or pre-lawsuit dispute. Lawsuits can drag on for years, and litigants often are faced with crushing legal fees as they inch their way toward an uncertain outcome. EKS Law’s founder/owner, Eric K. Smith, is a certified mediator with the skillsets and experience needed to help disputing parties reach a settlement resolution, rather than “rolling the dice” with expensive and protracted litigation.
Mediation
EKS provides mediation services for parties embroiled in disputes involving employment law issues, noncompete and trade-secret rights, and issues of unfair competition. Mediation is an ADR process in which a neutral third party (the mediator) facilitates confidential settlement negotiations between parties to a lawsuit or pre-lawsuit dispute. Lawsuits can drag on for years, and litigants often are faced with crushing legal fees as they inch their way toward an uncertain outcome. EKS Law’s founder/owner, Eric K. Smith, is a certified mediator with the skillsets and experience needed to help disputing parties reach a settlement resolution, rather than “rolling the dice” with expensive and protracted litigation.