Meredith S. Dante

• Represented one of the most populous counties in Pennsylvania in connection with a putative class/collective action filed on behalf of current and former public defenders in which the attorneys alleged a pattern of gender-based discrimination, including discrimination in wages and promotions.
• Represents national airline in a putative wage and hour class action under NJ state law.
• Obtained dismissal of False Claims Act claims at the motion to dismiss stage for a large private university.
• Represented a manufacturer against allegations of discrimination and retaliation; obtained dismissal of the complaint.
• Represented company in the prosecution of tortious interference, defamation, trade libel, and unfair competition claims; obtained favorable settlement for the client.
• Represented company and its founders against allegations of unfair competition and breach of restrictive covenants; obtained favorable settlement for the client.
• Represented a hospital in litigation involving allegations of invasion of privacy and defamation in connection with an employee's termination; obtained dismissal of the complaint.

Labor Matters

• Serves as ongoing labor counsel to a major health system, representing them in negotiating collective bargaining agreements, arbitrations, and proceedings before the NLRB for several years, as well as providing strategic advice on labor strategy and general labor relations.
• Represents a prestigious university across multiple large scale unionization efforts, including petitions involving 3,300 Ph.D. students and 1,400 postdoctoral fellows. Advises on strategy, contract implementation, student related labor issues (including protests), and labor arbitrations.
• Represented a large staffing agency with thousands of independent contractors in an ongoing bet-the-company Department of Labor (DOL) audit related to worker classification issues involving the company’s contractors. Worked to negotiate a resolution with the DOL to mitigate the damages.
• Represents large public university in representation case proceedings before the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board for its graduate students.
• Represents large university in labor arbitrations involving its technical services unit.
• Represents large health system in its labor arbitrations for nurses and technical service employees.
• Represents one of the largest public university health systems in connection with the negotiation of its collective bargaining agreements with its nurses and resident physicians.
• Represented a large university in connection with the negotiation of its first resident physician contract and served as Chief Negotiator.
• Acted as lead counsel and now Chief Negotiator for a university in negotiating its first collective bargaining agreement with hundreds of graduate students.
• Represented a public utility company and health care institutions in an array of grievance arbitrations involving discipline and contract interpretation matters.
• Represents universities in union organizing campaigns and proceedings before the NLRB and Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board.

Advice, Agreements, Policies, and Training Matters

• Represents publicly traded companies in enhancing various components of their corporate compliance programs, including drafting and revising Codes of Conduct, sexual harassment programs, and other internal policies.
• Represents life sciences companies in a variety of employment-related matters, including counseling on employee relations issues, enforcement of restrictive covenants, and pay equity audits.
• Provides advice and counseling respect to restrictive covenants, employment agreements, and other employment-related issues.