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• Employment Law. Venable’s labor and employment attorneys provide counsel to our association
and nonprofit clients in every aspect of employment law, including developing employment policies
and agreements; prosecuting and defending litigation in federal and state EEO agencies and in court;
mediation, arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution; age, race, sex, disability and
other discrimination claims; sexual harassment allegations and investigations; affirmative action
planning; employment class actions; hiring, firing and promotion concerns; overtime rules; executive
contracts and compensation; privacy concerns; defamation claims; disputes with unions; immigration
questions; occupational health and safety matters; and employee benefits.
• Joint Ventures, Affiliations and Mergers. With one of the nation’s leading practices in this area,
Venable is fluent in all legal aspects of nonprofit and for-profit acquisitions, restructurings,
partnerships, LLCs, joint ventures, and other affiliations. We frequently assist our clients with the
establishment and management of both nonprofit and for-profit subsidiaries, and we advise clients
on the intellectual property, tax, liability allocation, and other aspects of a wide array of partnerships,
joint ventures, affinity relationships, endorsements, and sponsorships. Our diverse experience in this
area enables us to provide creative, cutting-edge counsel to our clients. On the merger front,
Venable is experienced in handling all legal elements (corporate, governance, tax exemption, benefit
plans, employment policies and procedures, intellectual property, etc.) of dozens of complex, highprofile
nonprofit mergers, consolidations and dissolutions.
• Antitrust. Antitrust is an essential element of counseling trade associations, given the interaction of
competitors at association meetings and the vigilance of antitrust authorities regarding potential
abuses of association programs and activities. Venable attorneys including Brock Landry, Ed Glynn,
Lisa Jose Fales, Bill Coston, Melissa Steinman, and Jennifer Mallon, among others, have significant
experience in this area and has counseled hundreds of trade associations on antitrust compliance and
helped defend them from antitrust investigations and claims. For instance, we have long been
involved with the American National Standards Institute process, have drafted antitrust compliance
manuals for organizations such as the U.S. Telecom Association and the National
Telecommunications Cooperative Association, and regularly counsel the National Association of
Chain Drug Stores and the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America on the antitrust
risks posed by new ventures and activities. We also regularly handle large-scale civil and criminal
antitrust investigations and litigation for our corporate clients nationwide. From former federal
antitrust enforcement officials to seasoned antitrust litigators, Venable has one of the premier
association antitrust practices in the nation.
• Certification Programs, Standard-Setting and Tort Liability. Venable has extensive
experience in the area of standard-setting, certification and accreditation. For instance, we serve as
ethics counsel for the member ethics enforcement program of the Project Management Institute.
We advised the Association of Clinical Research Professionals on the overhaul of its membership
code of ethics. We worked with the Construction Financial Management Association in the
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