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Claudia Khoury-Yacoub is an associate in the Labor & Employment Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group and Employment Counseling & Training Group. She is currently on client secondment.

Claudia has assisted in litigation and investigation matters related to workplace harassment, discrimination and retaliation. In addition to her litigation practice, Claudia assists employers in counseling matters, developing policies and handbooks and preparing training programs for employees.

Claudia earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School. While at Harvard, Claudia worked as a student attorney in several clinical programs, assisting in trial preparation related to child abuse and human trafficking clams in the Child Advocacy Clinic, representing clients seeking asylum in the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program and arguing motions before the Waltham District Court in the Criminal Prosecution Clinic.

On August 26, the Eleventh Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in State of Georgia, et al v. President of the United States, et al, Case No. 21-14269.  The Eleventh Circuit upheld, but narrowed, an existing nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of President Biden’s contractor and subcontractor vaccine mandate.  Specifically, the Court upheld the injunction

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