Matthew A. Steinberg

Matt Steinberg focuses his practice on employment law, both by advising clients on day-to-day workplace matters and defending clients on all aspects of employment-related litigation. Matt represents clients in various sectors, including technology, media, financial services, real estate, aviation, retail, and hospitality.

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An Unsolved Problem? Claims of Post-Employment Retaliation by the (Formerly) Problem Employee

By Matthew A. Steinberg, Samantha Abeysekera and Christopher R. Lepore on August 4, 2015 Posted in Employment Discrimination Harassment & Retaliation

Most employers know that various employment laws prohibit retaliation against employees who engage in protected activity, such as those who complain of discrimination, report purportedly unlawful conduct, or support fellow employees’ charges of similar conduct. What fewer employers may realize is that legal prohibitions on retaliation may, in some circumstances, extend beyond employees’ actual employment. … Continue Reading

Whistleblower Claims The Wave Continues

By Matthew A. Steinberg on March 31, 2014 Posted in Whistleblower & Retaliation Claims

“The cover-up is often worse than the crime” – an apt mantra for employers who are being increasingly forced to defend retaliation and/or whistleblower claims brought in myriad industries under a broad spectrum of federal and state laws. The United States Supreme Court’s recent (and landmark) decision in Lawson v. FMR LLC, broadly expanding the … Continue Reading