Lindsay C. Stone

Lindsay Colvin Stone is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group in the firm's New York office.

Areas of Practice

Lindsay is an employment defense litigator who represents management against a wide array of employment claims. She has particular expertise with high-stakes executive disputes and with sensitive and complex discrimination, retaliation, and pay equity litigations. Lindsay also has significant experience prosecuting and defending trade secret misappropriation and restrictive covenant breach claims, including large-scale employee raiding actions. She regularly represents clients nationwide in federal and state court, in arbitrations before FINRA, AAA, and JAMS, and in administrative proceedings before the EEOC and various state and city agencies. Lindsay’s representative matters include single plaintiff, multi-plaintiff and class and collective actions.

In addition to her litigation practice, Lindsay counsels domestic and international clients on employment matters that affect their business, including employee discipline and termination, internal investigations, employment contracts, legal compliance, and policy creation. She is also a seasoned crisis and relationship management partner who provides a strategic and common-sense response to sources of reputational risk. Lindsay is experienced in understanding and meeting the unique needs of clients in a variety of industries, including financial services, media and entertainment, advertising, tech, healthcare, and sports.

Lindsay is actively involved in pro bono work at the firm, where she represents clients that include domestic violence victims, wrongfully convicted prisoners, and individuals seeking asylum. She also serves as a trusted pro bono employment advisor to non-profit organizations throughout New York City. In 2017, Lindsay was named Sheppard Mullin’s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year.

Honors

Champion of Justice Awardee for Exceptional Pro Bono Service, Brooklyn Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyers Project, 2018

Articles

Labor and Employment Law Blog Posts

• "Safe for Work? New Social Media Privacy Law Affecting New York Employers Goes into Effect on March 12," March 7, 2024
• "Rage Against the Machine: New York Bill Would Dramatically Limit Employers’ Ability to Use Electronic Monitoring and Automated Employment Decision Tools," September 20, 2023
• "Supreme Court Raises the Bar for Title VII Religious Accommodations," July 5, 2023
• "NYC Issues Final Regulations for Automated Employment Decision Tools Law, Delays Enforcement to July 5, 2023," April 13, 2023
• "New York Amends Statewide Pay Transparency Law," March 8, 2023
• "Governor Hochul Signs New York Pay Transparency Bill Into Law," December 22, 2022
• "NYC Delays Enforcement of Automated Employment Decision Tools Law to April 15, 2023," December 13, 2022
• "New York City Council Approves Amendments to Salary Transparency Law; New Date for Compliance Now November 1, Among Other Changes," April 29, 2022
• "New York City Issues First Round of Guidance Regarding Salary Transparency Law," April 11, 2022

• "New York City Council Proposes Amendment to Pay Transparency Law," March 25, 2022

• "UPDATED: NYC Council Passes Bill Granting Paid Sick Leave to Parents Vaccinating Children Against COVID-19," January 27, 2022
• "New York City Employers Must Include Salary Ranges in Job Postings Beginning May 15, 2022," January 24, 2022
• "NYC Council Passes Bill Granting Paid Sick Leave to Parents Vaccinating Children Against COVID-19," December 10, 2021
• "NY HERO Act Plans Must Be Activated as COVID-19 Designated a Highly Contagious Communicable Disease," September 9, 2021

• "Picking Up the “Key to NYC”: New Vaccination Regulations Now Effective for New York City Employers," August 18, 2021

• "New Health and Safety Obligations Established as NYSDOL Publishes Its Standard and Model Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Plan Required by NY HERO Act," July 9, 2021
• "NY HERO Act Requirements Significantly Modified as Amendments Pass New York Legislature," June 14, 2021
• "Governor to Consider Significant New Health and Safety Obligations as NY HERO Act Passes State Legislature," April 27, 2021
• "New York Department of Labor Significantly Expands COVID-19 Quarantine Leave," February 2, 2021
• "NYC Employers Take Note: Earned Sick and Safe Time Act Amendments Take Effect September 30, 2020," September 30, 2020
• "Trust, but Verify: DOL Issues New Guidance for Tracking Teleworkers’ Time," September 1, 2020
• "New York Workers’ Compensation Law: Is COVID-19 Compensable?," April 30, 2020
• "EEOC Issues New COVID-19 Guidance For Employers," April 2, 2020
• "Connecticut Tells Employers to 'Stay Safe, Stay At Home'," March 23, 2020
• "New Jersey Court Commands Cannabis Reimbursement in Workers’ Compensation Dispute," January 21, 2020
• "Update: Governor Cuomo Signs Significant Changes to New York Discrimination and Harassment Legislation Into Law – Employer Compliance Required," August 28, 2019 
• "SCOTUS To Rule On Whether Title VII Prohibits Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Discrimination," April 22, 2019 
• "Equal Pay Act Amendment Passes House of Representatives," March 28, 2019
• "New Dos and Don’ts: New York City Bans Discrimination Based On Hairstyle," March 1, 2019
• "Supreme Court Deems Public-Sector Union Agency Fees Unconstitutional," June 28, 2018 
• "Update: New York State Passes Budget, Creates New Sexual Harassment Obligations For Employers," April 18, 2018 
• "Bill Banning Confidential Settlements and Mandatory Arbitration for Sexual Harassment Claims Passes New York Senate," April 6, 2018 
• "New York’s Highest Court Narrowly Construes New York City Human Rights Law To Bar Disability Discrimination Claims Based on Perceived Alcoholism," November 2, 2017 
• "NLRB Allows Student Assistants to Unionize, Signals Commitment to Expanding Its Reach," September 29, 2016
• "NLRB Finds Increased Use of Joint Employees Justifies Removal of Barriers to Organization," July 26, 2016
• "Supreme Court Holds that Rejected Rule 68 Offer of Judgment Does Not Moot Class Action," February 2, 2016
• "New York City Human Rights Law Expanded To Protect Caregivers," January 21, 2016
• "New York City Commuter Benefits Law (NYCCBL) Makes Changes For Employers With a Workforce On the Go (Compliance Required by July 1, 2016),"January 20, 2016
• "New Year, New Rules for Employers Doing Business in New Jersey," December 22, 2015
• "New Year, New Rules for Employers Doing Business in New York," December 22, 2015
• "Second Circuit Holds That Facebook “Like” May Be Concerted Activity Under Section 7 of the NLRA," November 16, 2015

Fashion Law Blog Posts

• "New York State Employers Take Note!!! Compliance With New Sexual Harassment Law Required By October 9, 2018," September 7, 2018 
• "#MeToo Mobilizes State Legislatures, Creates New Training Obligations For Employers," April 24, 2018 

French Desk Blog

• "Hiring Personnel in New York: Dos and Don’ts – Part 2," November 5, 2018 
• "Hiring Personnel in New York: Dos and Don’ts – Part 1," September 27, 2018

Privacy & Cybersecurity: Eye on Privacy Blog

• "Mint Gets Data Breach Claims Dismissed," May 13, 2022

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