The Baltimore Sun interviews Shapiro Sher partner Joel I. Sher about his role “at the helm of a collection of multi-billion dollar cases against major international banks.”

Mealey’s Litigation Report, owned by LexisNexis, reports on a challenge to a confidential settlement involving 9,000 asbestos personal-injury claimaints. The article cites Richard M. Goldberg, counsel to The Travelers Indeminity Co., a party to the case, In re: Lloyd E. Mitchell Inc.

The case is among the largest, and among the longest-running, asbestos bankruptcy cases pending in the bankruptcy and state-court system.

Shapiro Sher attorneys Eric R. Harlan and Renée Lane-Kunz are named co-chairs of the firm’s Employment Law Group, as reported here.

Ms. Lane-Kunz has 20 years of management experience in the hospitality and tourism industry. A longtime member of the Executive Committee at the Harbor Court Hotel in Baltimore, she handled general liability claims, employment law and human resource issues, and supervised outside counsel. In her legal career, she has worked with clients in diverse industries, including hospitality, manufacturing, higher education, information technology, biotechnology, and government contracting. She has drafted employment handbooks, negotiated employment agreements, and counseled organizations on hiring practices. She has also successfully resolved complaints brought against employers by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Maryland Commission on Human Relations.

Mr. Harlan is a trial lawyer with sixteen years of experience representing clients in state and federal courts. He has achieved favorable results for clients in a variety of employment-related matters, including actions to enforce non-competition or non-solicitation agreements, claims alleging breach of employment agreement, wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, and violations of federal and state anti-discrimination laws.In recognition of his accomplishments, Martindale-Hubbell awarded Mr. Harlan its AV Peer Review Rating, the highest rating available.

The Firm’s Employment Law Group advises companies on a range of concerns, including:

• Recruiting and hiring practices;
• Employment discrimination;
• Employment agreements;
• Wage-and-hour disputes;
• Sexual harassment;
• Executive compensation;
• Retaliation;
• Severance agreements;
• Terminations, including wrongful termination claims;
• Non-disclosure agreements;
• Non-competition agreements;
• Independent contractors;
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act;
• The Family and Medical Leave Act;
• The Americans with Disabilities Act;
• And other federal and state laws and regulations affecting employers.

Shapiro Sher partner Eric R. Harlan writes about the EEOC’s new guidelines on the use of criminal background checks, in the November 2012 Legal Report, published by the Society for Human Resource Management.

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The Baltimore Sun, WBAL Radio, Maryland Daily Record, and AFRO report on Shapiro Sher attorney Larry Gibson’s new book, Young Thurgood, about the early years of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Marshall’s widow calls the book, “the most accurate book ever published” about her iconic husband.