W. John Lee

W. John Lee

W. John Lee focuses his practice on complex employment litigation, representing employers in class and collective actions across the United States involving allegations of race and gender discrimination, wage and hour claims, as well as challenges to employer background check practices. He also litigates claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts, as well as state law whistleblower actions, in courts and before the US Department of Labor (DOL).

Affirmative Action One Year Later: What Retailers Need to Know

We're quickly approaching the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down affirmative action in higher education. Although Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina (Harvard/UNC decision) did not squarely apply to the private sector, corporations have been swept into a nationwide conflict…