Morgan McDonald-Ramos
Associate
Morgan McDonald is an associate working in the firm’s Litigation Department. Based in the Boston office, she is a member of the Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group.
During the summer of 2018, Morgan was a summer associate with Foley. Prior to that, she was a judicial intern at the Essex Probate and Family Court. She also worked as a research assistant for a legal writing professor.
Before attending law school, Morgan worked as a paralegal at a boutique litigation firm that specialized in commercial litigation, employment law, and college and university law.
Presentations and Publications
- Author, “Home Sweet Home? Determining Habitual Residence Within the Meaning of the Hague Convention,” 59 B.C.L. Rev. E. Supp. 427 (2018)
Vermont Becomes Latest State to Enact Pay Transparency Law
Vermont has joined the growing list of jurisdictions with pay transparency laws.
Proposed Warehouse Worker Protection Act Could Have Major Implications for Businesses Employing Warehouse Workers
On May 2, 2024, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) introduced legislation they say will help protect warehouse workers from injury by placing limitations on, and requiring disclosure of, workplace quotas.
Ensuring Child Labor Law Compliance Amid Growing Scrutiny
In February, the New York Times published an investigative report regarding alleged employment of underage migrants, many from Central America, at U.S. companies. While employment of certain minors is permitted under federal and state law, there are restrictions regarding the type of work, schedule and hours that minors may work.
The Third Circuit Concludes that “Salary” Does Not Include PTO
On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (covering Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) held that paid time off is not part of an employee’s salary for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Massachusetts Clarifies Whether Employees May “Top Off” Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has answered a question that employers in the Commonwealth have been struggling with in recent months concerning possible changes to the Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Act.
EEOC Files Amicus Brief in Support of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has stepped into the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s fight for equal pay.