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Brian S. Cousin
Dentons · USA
Dentons
Employment · USA
Brian S. Cousin is leader of Dentons’ 425-lawyer Global Employment and Labor practice--the largest global employment law practice in the world with lawyers in over 40 countries and more than 100 locations.
Multinational companies frequently rely on Mr Cousin and his team for all types of global employment counselling and corporate compliance projects, including drafting employee handbooks, key employment policies, codes of conduct, employment agreements, vacation policies, and compliance with privacy laws.
In addition to his work on global and multi-national employment matters, Mr Cousin advises companies and executives in all aspects of US employment law, including drafting and negotiating employment and separation agreements, corporate restructurings and reductions in force, employment advice related to corporate transactions, internal corporate investigations, handbooks and policy manuals, sexual harassment and other sensitivity training, protecting against employee raiding and theft of confidential information, and compliance with all
federal, state and local discrimination laws.
Mr Cousin is one of the leading employment litigators in the US, having successfully litigated just about every type of employment-related case possible.
Mr Cousin is also the leader of the Firm’s ERISA and Benefits Litigation practice and a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation and International Arbitration groups.
Mr Cousin’s ERISA litigation experience includes class-action cases involving claims for breaches of fiduciary duty related to excessive fees and precipitous stock drops, as well as many cases in the health care industry. Mr Cousin has also represented a number of ERISA plan fiduciaries and trustees in connection with ERISA and benefits-related investigations conducted by the US Department of Labor.
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