Mr. Marc Jason Scheiner

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Special Counsel

  Firm Name

  Duane Morris LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Obtained settlement on behalf of nationwide drugstore chain that the client found favorable in connection with allegations of defamation
  violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
  Defended large regional non-profit organization against former employee's FMLA interference
  retaliation claims.
  Second-chaired two jury trials in New Jersey state court, obtaining a favorable jury verdict for a hospital client on defamation
  retaliation claims after a one-week trial.
  Obtained complete dismissal of discrimination claim through plaintiff's withdrawal of his complaint, immediately following the taking of plaintiff's deposition.
  Defended managers
  executives in third-party depositions.
  Defended unemployment insurance claims.
  Obtained settlements on behalf of luxury department store that the client found favorable in matters involving claims of sex, national origin, race
  age discrimination
  harassment.
  Drafted numerous employee h
  books
  other employment policies.
  Conducted several hundred in-house trainings for clients (including executives, managers
  employees) in various industries, including on the topics of harassment prevention (including in response to #MeToo claims), hiring
  interviewing, performance management, reasonable accommodations
  leaves, key employment laws for managers, conducting effective internal investigations, diversity
  inclusion issues (with particular focus on LGBT
  religious workplace issues)
  dress code/appearance issues.
  Obtained numerous settlements that clients found favorable in various discrimination, harassment
  retaliation related cases pursuant to Title VII, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, the Philadelphia Fair Practices Ordinance, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the Americans with Disabilities Act
  the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
  Obtained dismissals of numerous charges (including before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, the Delaware Division of Industrial Affairs
  the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination) alleging various bases of discrimination
  harassment.
  Conducted privileged internal investigations for clients concerning allegations of harassment
  discrimination.
  Negotiated favorable resolutions of numerous threatened lawsuits in advance of filed litigation.