Donald C. Dowling
Shareholder
Professional & Community Affiliations
Member, Advisory Board
New York University School of Law’s Center for Labor & Employment Law
Former Chair
Cross-Border HR Group
XBHR
Recognition
Named, The Best Lawyers in America®
2019-2025
Named, America's Leading Lawyers for Business
Chambers USA
2017
Named, Legal 500
US Labor & Employment, Workplace and Employment Counseling
Named, Super Lawyer
New York
Super Lawyers
Recommended, Labour & Employment
Who's Who Legal
2024
Named, Attorneys Who Matter
Ethisphere Institute
2010
Named, Leading International Labor/Employment Lawyer
PLC Which Lawyer?
Order of the Coif
News, Analysis & Press
Crash Course in U.S. Employment Law: How a Multinational Based Outside the United States Can Avoid Big Mistakes Managing a U.S. Workforce
Insight
March 20, 2024
How are multinational employers approaching whistleblower hotlines and guarding against whistleblower retaliation?
2 the Point Video
June 28, 2022
Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Employment Law Practice: Ten Years in Review
Thomson Reuters Practical Law
October 8, 2021
What to do about "Global COVID Nomads" and Other Wandering Workers Who Telecommute from Abroad for Personal Reasons
Littler Report
February 8, 2021
Landmark Decision by Europe’s Top Court Jeopardizes U.S. Multinationals’ Transfers of HR Data from the European Union to the United States
ASAP
July 16, 2020
Remote working offers employers and employees lots of opportunities – and just as many headaches
Financial Post
May 30, 2020
The ACR Guide to Mastering Internal Investigation Interviews: Warming Up
Anti-Corruption Report
February 5, 2020
Cross-Border Internal Investigations: How Headquarters Can Investigate Allegations or Suspicions of Wrongdoing Around the World
Podcast
December 13, 2019
Best Lawyers in America© 2020 Edition Honors More Than 200 Littler Lawyers; 14 Named Lawyer of the Year
August 15, 2019
Should a Global Social Media Policy Account for Local Restrictions under Domestic American Labor Law?
HR Exchange Network
October 23, 2018
How to Generate, File, Retain and Execute Electronic HR Documents While Complying with Employee Records Laws and Electronic Signature Protocols—Worldwide
Littler Report
April 17, 2018
How to Employ—and Payroll—a Telecommuter Working from Home Overseas
Littler Report
February 27, 2018
How to Know Which Jurisdiction’s Employment Laws Reach Border-Crossing Staff: A Comprehensive Guide to International Choice-of-Employment-Law and -Forum
Littler Report
November 27, 2017
HR Policy Acknowledgements Overseas: A Whole Other World Out There
New York Law Journal
November 3, 2017
How to Structure Global Mobility Assignments, Expatriate Postings and Cross-Border Secondments
Littler Report
October 12, 2017
How to Craft an Employee Handbook Outside the United States or Whether to Issue One at All
Littler Report
September 21, 2017
How to Launch an Employee Compensation, Bonus or Benefits Plan Internationally
Littler Report
August 28, 2017
How to Launch an Employment Discrimination, Harassment, Diversity or Affirmative Action Initiative on a Global Scale
Littler Report
August 14, 2017
Littler Adds Renowned Global Employment Lawyer
August 3, 2017
How to Make Global Employee Communications Comply with Overseas Translation Mandates
Insight
August 3, 2017
Books & Book Chapters
- The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), International Corporate Practice, Practicing Law Institute, Chapter Co-Author, March 2022
Speaking Engagements
When HR Goes Global
SHRM Webinar
May 16, 2024
How to Structure Employment Relationships with Staff in Countries Where a Tech Employer Is Not Licensed to Operate
March 6, 2024
A Global Approach to International Non-Compete, Non-Solicit, Confidentiality & and IP Agreements
Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ
May 11, 2023
How to Lead an International Internal Investigation: Cross-Border Compliance and Strategies
May 24, 2022
Exposure Under the New EU “Whistleblower Directive” and Beyond: How to Comply with the World’s Emerging Whistleblower Anti-Retaliation and Hotline Mandates
Littler Executive Employer Conference
May 5, 2022
How to Comply with the New EU Whistleblowing Directive by the December 17 Deadline
November 30, 2021
International Wandering Workers: Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls for Multinational Employers
April 8, 2021
What to Do About “Global COVID Nomads”
November 13, 2020
What to Do About “Global COVID Nomads”
November 12, 2020
Structuring Cross-Border Telecommuting and Remote Work Arrangements in the Era of COVID-19
August 5, 2020
How to Employ - and Payroll - an Overseas University Telecommuter in the Era of COVID-19
Canadian Association of University Solicitors
June 18, 2020
Returning to Work: Strategies and Tools for Reintegrating Employees Worldwide
May 20, 2020
International Cutbacks and Reductions-in-Force in the Global Pandemic
April 16, 2020
Best Practices for Conducting International Internal Investigations
HR Acuity webinar
September 10, 2019
The Legal, Business and Human Rights Landscapes of the Global Workplace
Minneapolis, MN
September 26, 2018
International Employment Law Roundtable
New York, NY
June 26, 2018
Globalizing Diversity and Antidiscrimination Initiatives: Multinational Strategies for a Multicultural World
Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ
May 3, 2018
Three Weeks and Counting: Key Action Items for U.S. Multinational Employers Before Enforcement of the EU’s New General Data Protection Regulation Begins
Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ
May 3, 2018
Is Your Company Prepared for GDPR? Advanced Session
New York, NY
March 29, 2018
Is Your Company Prepared for GDPR? Beginner Session
New York, NY
March 28, 2018
You’re Fired! An Apples-to-Apples Comparison of the Employee Dismissal Process Across Key International Jurisdictions
February 27, 2018
How to Draft and Launch a Global Code of Conduct, Global Whistleblower Hotline, Global Employee Handbook or Global HR Policy: Headquarters Rules for International Workforces
Clear Law Institute Webinar
November 30, 2017
Confronting Collective Labor Worldwide: How Multinational Headquarters Can Craft an Effective Global Labor Strategy that Accounts for Foreign “Trade Unions” and “Works Councils”
PLI Webinar
November 7, 2017
Data Privacy in the EU: Status of the EU/US Privacy Shield and Preparing for the Advent of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation
Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Webinar
October 31, 2017
Meeting The Next HR Data Protection Challenge: What Multinational Employers Must Do Before The EU’s Upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Takes Effect
September 28, 2017
Third Annual Conference in Mexico City
Ciudad de México, CDMX
September 27, 2017
Tercera Conferencia Anual en Ciudad de México
Ciudad de México, CDMX
September 27, 2017
Third Annual Conference in Monterrey
San Pedro Garza García, NL
September 26, 2017
Tercera Conferencia Anual en Monterrey
San Pedro Garza García, NL
September 26, 2017
Maintaining HR Data Flows After the European Union’s May 2018 General Data Protection Regulation
Clear Law Institute webinar
September 18, 2017
Employment Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions: Planning for Integration and Mitigating Risk
Strafford Webinar
September 12, 2017
Education
- J.D., University of Florida College of Law, 1985
- A.B., University of Chicago, 1982
Languages
- Spanish
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio