Justin Boron is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cherry Hill, New Jersey and New York City offices. He is an accomplished attorney in the areas of consumer protection, commercial litigation, and labor and employment law. Mr. Boron serves as the Vice-Chair to the firm's Data Security, Privacy & Technology national practice section.

Mr. Boron is the Chair of the firm’s Data Breach & Privacy Litigation and Tech E&O Litigation teams. As part of his data privacy practice, he defends class actions and individual actions arising from data security breaches, data tracking software on browsers, FinTech matters, name and likeness use on search and background services, background checks, and telemarketing. He also handles commercial litigation matters involving tech companies, such as Managed Service providers and other IT security related vendors.

Mr. Boron is also part of the firm’s Commercial Litigation/Directors & Officers national practice section. In his commercial litigation practice, he has experience in restrictive covenant and trade secret cases, including on the defense and plaintiff side, shareholder and derivative suits, and breach of contract claims arising from information technology services, manufacturing, and supplier agreements. He also defends companies in qui tam, False Claims Act claims by relators and the government and in Medicaid and health insurance reimbursement claims.

Mr. Boron’s labor and employment practice encompasses employment discrimination and harassment claims, wage and hour claims, FMLA and ADA claims, ERISA denial of benefits claims, unfair labor practice claims and other NLRB disputes. He regularly appears before the EEOC and related federal and state agencies, including the DOL and NLRB and he also represents employers before federal and state courts throughout the country in a myriad of employment disputes. In addition, he advises employers on handbook policies, FLSA classifications, leave and accommodation requests.

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• “Consent becoming a forceful defense at the motion to dismiss stage in privacy claims,“ FMG Blogline

• Defeated data privacy class action and obtained dismissal of lawsuit in favor of a health care provider with more than $1 million in exposure.
• Defeated data privacy class action against behavioral health care provider arising from ransomware compromise
• Successfully obtained injunction and attorneys’ fee award in case to enforce non-compete obligation.
• Defeated union’s attempt to represent employees at a 500-employee manufacturing facility in Illinois by twice obtaining dismissal of the petitions for election and winning election
• Successfully won a motion to dismiss before trial court overturning New Jersey Law Against Discrimination ban on arbitration under FAA preemption.
• Obtained summary judgment in an employment discrimination claim in which former physician sought $3 million in damages against a regional hospital.
• Successfully litigated a series of interrelated Title VII discrimination claims on behalf of charter school system.
• Obtained summary judgment in denial of life and accidental benefit case involving a police shooting.
• Obtained dismissal in denial of health benefits claim for back surgery that plan participant assigned to the provider.
• Represented multiple health care providers, nursing homes, and other health facilities in employment discrimination cases.
• Obtained jury verdict in favor insurer on bad faith claims in multi-million dollar first-party lawsuit.
• Litigated and negotiated favorable settlements in multiple FLSA collective action cases.

• “The NLRA for Non-Unionized Workplaces: Everything That You’re Missing,” FMG Webinar co-presented with Robert Chadwick, Oct. 26, 2023