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Michael J. Slocum focuses his practice on labor and employment law, including the defense of discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge and whistleblower claims. Michael has represented employers in a broad array of industries, including health care and life sciences, pharmaceutical, private security, and retail, and has experience defending against both individual employee claims and class actions.
Prior to joining the firm, Michael practiced in the litigation department of a national firm focused on labor and employment matters in the life sciences industry, where he served as Editor of that firm's "False Claims Act Quarterly." He has experience representing clients at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts, as well as before a variety of state and federal administrative agencies.
Michael served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Donald S. Coburn of the New Jersey Appellate Division before entering private practice.
Michael has written and spoken numerous times on a multitude of issues facing employers in diverse industries. In addition to many client alerts and online articles, Michael was a contributing author to "Avoiding Liability for Unconscious Bias and Subtle Discrimination" published in the New Jersey Law Journal in December 2008, as well as a chapter on the False Claims Act in the 2010 edition of "Health Law and Compliance Update." Michael was a speaker at a September 2008 seminar "The New Jersey FCA: Perspectives and Insight," as well as the firm's May 2013 "Taking Care of Business: An Annual Update on Labor and Employment Law" seminar.
Concentrations
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Labor and employment litigation and counseling
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Federal and state False Claims Acts
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Whistleblower claims
More Legal and Business Bylines From Michael J. Slocum
- NJ Expands Law Against Discrimination to Further Protect Private-Sector Workers Over 70 - (Posted On Thursday, October 07, 2021)
- New Jersey District Court Declares NJLAD’s Ban on Employment Arbitration Agreements Preempted by Federal Arbitration Act, Permanently Enjoins Enforcement - (Posted On Monday, March 29, 2021)
- New Jersey Orders Employers to Implement Specific COVID-19 Workplace Safety Protocols - (Posted On Thursday, October 29, 2020)
- New Jersey Joins Other States in Creating Rebuttable Presumption of Workers’ Compensation Coverage for ‘Essential Employees’ Who Contract COVID-19 - (Posted On Tuesday, September 29, 2020)
- New Jersey to Permit Curbside Pickup at Non-Essential Retail Businesses, Non-Essential Construction, and Gatherings in Cars - (Posted On Friday, May 15, 2020)
- New Jersey Expands Family Leave Benefits and Expressly Excludes Pandemic-Based Layoffs from WARN Requirements in Further Response to COVID-19 - (Posted On Thursday, April 16, 2020)
- 2019 Employment Law Snapshot: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania - (Posted On Tuesday, November 05, 2019)
- Attention New York Employers: When It Comes to Workplace Harassment, Times Are Changing - (Posted On Tuesday, August 20, 2019)
- Out-of-State Workers Can Assert Claims Under New Jersey Anti-Discrimination Law - (Posted On Tuesday, July 02, 2019)
- Recapping the Many Legal Developments Affecting Private Employers in New York and New Jersey, So Far, in 2019 - (Posted On Tuesday, June 25, 2019)