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Pinny Goldberg is a senior counsel in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Whistleblowing & Retaliation and Wage & Hour Practice Groups.

Pinny represents employers in a broad array of matters before federal and state courts, FINRA and other arbitration panels, and administrative agencies, including the EEOC and its state equivalents, and in pre-litigation negotiations. Matters he works on include discrimination and harassment, whistleblowing and retaliation, wage and hour, covenants not to compete, and tort and contract claims.

As an experienced trial lawyer, Pinny has successfully litigated numerous cases from complaint through jury verdict or arbitral award. Notably, Pinny served as trial counsel to King & Spalding LLP in a widely publicized wrongful termination lawsuit brought by a former associate in which the jury returned a complete defense verdict on the seventh day of trial.

In addition to handling litigation and dispute resolution, Pinny regularly advises clients on a wide variety of employment issues, including drafting, reviewing and revising handbooks and workplace policies. He also addresses questions and concerns related to hiring, wage and hour issues, employee leave, performance problems, terminations of employment, and separation agreements and releases.

Pinny represents employers across a broad range of industries, including financial services, insurance, law firms, media and entertainment, professional sports, and higher education.

In addition to his active practice, Pinny serves as an editor for the Proskauer Whistleblower Defense Blog and Proskauer on Trade Secrets Blog. He is also a regular author of “Expert Analysis” articles for Law360.

While in law school, Pinny served as an editor for the Cardozo Law Review.

On August 20, 2024, in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, No. 3:24-cv-00986-E (N.D. Tex.), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs and ordered the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) non-compete rule (the “Rule”) to be set aside with respect to all employers nationally and

On August 14, 2024, in Properties of the Villages, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, No. 5:24-cv-316-TJC-PRL, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida enjoined the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) from enforcing its non-compete rule (the “Rule”) against the plaintiff in the action. The court’s decision does not prevent the Rule from

In a motion for reconsideration filed on July 10, 2024, the plaintiffs in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, No. 3:24-cv-00986-E (N.D. Tex. Apr. 23, 2024) urged the court to expand the scope of its limited preliminary injunction issued on July 3, 2024. The preliminary injunction was limited to only the named plaintiffs in

Earlier today, July 3, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction staying enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) proposed final rule (“Final Rule”) banning most noncompete agreements in the United States.  However, the court’s preliminary injunction is limited in scope—it stays the Final Rule’s effective

***Updated on April 13, 2020***

On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) posted a “temporary rule” issuing regulations, to implement the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (“EFMLEA”) and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (“EPSLA”) provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”).

The regulations