Christopher Feudo

Every day, I help employers across many industries solve complex, challenging problems related to their workforces.

Chris Feudo represents and counsels employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. He defends clients against discrimination and harassment claims and represents clients in union, wage and hour and contractual disputes.

Chris regularly represents employers in federal and state courts, before administrative agencies such as the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and before alternative dispute resolution organizations such as JAMS and the American Arbitration Association. He defends employers against numerous discrimination, harassment and retaliation complaints. Chris has also represented employers in complex contractual disputes, including litigation over non-competition agreements and in disputes over the misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information. In addition, he represents employers before the National Labor Relations Board with respect to representation petitions and unfair labor practice charges.

Chris regularly helps clients negotiate and draft employment agreements for high-level executives, and advises them on the creation and implementation workplace policies that comply with state and federal employment laws.

In 2021, Boston Magazine named Chris as a Top Lawyer in the area of Employment. Chris also has been selected as a Super Lawyer in the area of Employment & Labor since 2018.

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Related Practices

Education

Boston University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2007
Brown University, A.B., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2002

Bar and Court Admissions

BAR ADMISSIONS

Massachusetts

COURT ADMISSIONS

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Experience

Represented developer during negotiation for first project labor agreement (PLA) for the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in the United States
Successfully represented employer in lengthy civil investigation by the Attorney General’s office involving wage and hour claims
Successfully represented city and its mayor before Massachusetts Court of Appeal in appeal of dismissal of claims brought by former probationary police officer concerning termination of his employment
Won dismissal of disability discrimination lawsuit against energy company, with federal court ruling that unrestricted access authorization was an essential job function at a nuclear power plant (2015 WL 1456769)
Advised biotech company in connection with change-of-control agreements with executives which were triggered when company was acquired
Advised financial services company concerning complex employment and executive severance agreements, including plans to hire employees and groups of employees from competing firms
Obtained summary judgment in favor of employer in federal race and national origin discrimination case
Successfully moved to dismiss numerous contract and tort claims against local community access television provider by former employees
Obtained preliminary injunction preventing client's former employee from working with key client on behalf of competitor
Successfully represented national retailer in numerous discrimination cases before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Publications

Chapter Co-Author, “Drafting Employment Documents in Massachusetts,” MCLE (June 2013)
Co-Author, “The Integrated Enterprise Test – New Developments in the ‘Single Employer’ Theory,” published in Massachusetts CLE materials for the MCLE seminar “Hot Topics in Employment Discrimination Law” (February 2008)

IN THE MEDIA

Quoted, "Management-side attorneys reflect on wave of pay transparency laws," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (January 2023)

Foley Hoag Publications

Publication 01/09/2023

President Biden Signs New Workplace Protections for Pregnant Workers & Nursing Parents Into Law

Publication 01/03/2023

New York Will Require Employers to Disclose Salary Ranges for All Advertised Jobs and Promotions

Publication 12/22/2022

NLRB General Counsel to Pursue Federal Labor Claims of Student Athletes

Publication 12/15/2022

NLRB Makes It Easier for Unions to Represent Smaller Units Within Larger Workforce

Publication 12/02/2022

New York Prohibits Retaliation Against Employees for Lawful Absences

Publication 10/13/2022

U.S. Department of Labor Releases Proposed Rule on Worker Classification

Publication 10/11/2022

National Labor Relations Board Holds Employers Must Continue to Deduct Union Dues After Expiration of Collective Bargaining Agreement

Publication 07/28/2022

Massachusetts Bans Hairstyle Discrimination

Publication 07/18/2022

EEOC Updates Guidance on Workplace COVID-19 Testing

Publication 05/26/2022

Supreme Court Rules Employer Delay Can Waive Right to Enforce Arbitration Agreement

Publication 04/15/2022

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules that Employees with Federal Overtime Claims Cannot Obtain Remedies under the Massachusetts Wage Act

Publication 04/08/2022

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules Employer Must Pay Treble Damages on Late Wage Payments

Publication 04/05/2022

New York City Provides Guidance on Impending Pay Transparency Law

Publication 03/28/2022

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules that Independent Contractor Test Applies to Franchisees

Publication 03/04/2022

President Biden Signs Bill Easing Restrictions on Workplace Sexual Harassment and Assault Lawsuits

Publication 01/14/2022

Supreme Court Blocks OSHA’s “Vax or Test” Rule

Publication 01/04/2022

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Sets Joint Employer Standard for Wage Act Liability

Publication 12/21/2021

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Recognizes Wrongful Discharge Claim for Employees Exercising Rebuttal Rights under Personnel Record Statute

Publication 12/20/2021

OSHA COVID-19 Rule Will Go into Effect on January 10, 2022 After Stay is Lifted

Publication 12/16/2021

EEOC Advises COVID-19 May Be ADA-Protected Disability

Honors & Involvement

HONORS

The Best Lawyers in America (2023)
Named a Top Lawyer for 2021 in the area of Employment by Boston Magazine.
Selected as a Super Lawyer for 2018-2022 in the area of Employment & Labor

INVOLVEMENT

Boston Bar Association, Former Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Steering Committee
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, Member

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, "Adjusting COVID-19 Protocols Amid the Rise of the Delta Variant," TechGC Global Summit, 2021
Panelist, "Adjusting COVID-19 Protocols Amid the Rise of the Delta Variant," Foley Hoag Webinar (August 12, 2021)
Panelist, "Remote Work: Legal Considerations for a Changing Workplace," Foley Hoag Webinar (June 2021)
Speaker, “Mandating Vaccines on Campus: What Colleges and Universities Need to Consider,” Foley Hoag Webinar (June 2021)
Speaker, “Return to the Office: What Every Company Needs to Know,“ Foley Hoag Webinar (May 2021)
Panelist, “Back to Normal? Returning to In-Person Work,” Boston Bar Association Webinar (April 2021)
Speaker, “Essential COVID-19 Questions and the Answers You Need,“ Webinar, TiE Boston, (March 2020)
Speaker, “The State and Federal Responses to Covid-19: What Massachusetts Employers Need to Know," Webinar, BBA - Boston Bar Association (March 2020)