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From the program: Employment Law Institute 2012

Released on: Nov. 6, 2012

PLI’s annual Employment Law Institute combines a comprehensive review of case law and regulatory developments, an in-depth analysis of emerging issues, and best practices to maximize employment law compliance, mitigate legal risk and achieve business objectives. The faculty is comprised of nationally recognized management and plaintiffs’ attorneys, in-house counsel and government enforcement agency officials who share their perspectives, ...

Recorded on: Nov. 5, 2012

AMY L. BESS: So I'm going to go ahead and introduce our next speakers that are going to be speaking about managing leaves of absence under FMLA, ADA, Workers' Compensation, and other laws. We're pleased and privileged to have with us today two really experienced lawyers and professionals in the area of managing leaves of absence. Sara Elder, who's a friend and client of mine who I've worked with for many, many years is here from Sears. And Sara is ...

Recorded on: Nov. 5, 2012

AMY L. BESS: We're excited to have a great panel to speak on social media issues today. First, I'd like to introduce Jill Rosenberg, who is an employment partner at Orrick, Herrington. Jill's practice is a general practice covering all aspects of employment defense work. And she represents a broad range of companies and organizations, including employers in the financial services industry, banks and financial institutions, accounting and law firms, ...

Recorded on: Nov. 5, 2012

AMY L. BESS: Thank you, Danielle. I would just like to say just to echo what Daniel just said that this year, when Zach and I and Danielle were getting together to plan the agenda for this event, we really did look at last year's evaluations and the recommendations that all of you who attended last year made with regard to what kind of programming you wanted to see this year. And we've already had a couple people stop us after a segment and say, ...

Recorded on: Nov. 5, 2012

ZACHARY D. FASMAN: OK. All right folks, let's get back to business. The next section is on Fair Labor Standards Act and Wage Hour Update. And I'm going to turn this program over to people that-- if you've been here before, you've heard them speak on this. To my immediate right, David Fortney. David is the co-founder of Fortney & Scott, which is a Washington DC based law firm that represents employers in labor law. You can see David's resume in ...

Recorded on: Nov. 5, 2012

ZACHARY D. FASMAN: All right. You all ready? Good, good. All right. We wanted to provide you with a section that dealt with, on a more or less holistic basis, the concept of independent contractors in various areas of employment law. It's a huge subject. And it's one that's fascinating not just from the definition-- I know that our three panelists are not going to do the IRS 20 factor test on who's an employee, who's not an employee. That's not going ...

Recorded on: Nov. 5, 2012

ZACHARY FASMAN: OK, well that was pretty good. It's sort of changing a scene in the theater. That's pretty good. I mean, we did that quickly. From EEOC, EEOC and systemic stuff, and I hope you're sufficiently scared or encouraged if you're plaintiff's counsel to know that the commission is enforcing the law as it is. We're going to turn to something a little bit different here, which is psychological issues in employment litigation. We've assembled ...

Recorded on: Nov. 5, 2012

ZACHARY D. FASMAN: OK. So, this section is called The Year in Review. You've got it on your program. We're going to split this up in various different ways. The three of us have known each other for more time than any of us would like to admit. So it's going to be a lively interchange, I think, with us on the panel. I don't think any of us is going to say, oh, you have to be kidding, but you never know. Who knows. We'll see what goes on. With that ...

Recorded on: Nov. 5, 2012

ZACHARY D FASMAN: All right, folks. Can we get started again? Our next session is called Litigating and Defending Age Discrimination and Retaliation Cases, cases that raise unique questions in the employment field. And we have, to my right a distinguished and, in some respects, familiar panel for you. Let me introduce them quickly. On my immediate right is Amy Bess, who, of course, is the co-chair of this conference. You have heard her introduced ...

Recorded on: Jan. 11, 2013

Taken from the briefing On-Line Defamation: The Latest Developments and Trends recorded January, 2013. The explosion of social media and on-line review websites has resulted in a dramatic increase in defamation claims by employees, businesses and consumers. This briefing will focus on the latest legal developments and practical approaches to avoid and defend on-line defamation claims. For this new program we have an experienced ...

Recorded on: Jan. 28, 2013

AMY TAUB: Hello. My name is Amy Taub, and I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, On-Line Defamation, the Latest Developments and Trends. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the Course Handbook tab in the ...

From the program: Social Media 2013: Addressing Corporate Risks

Released on: Feb. 20, 2013

Did you know that Facebook now has one billion active users? (By contrast, the entire population of the United States is 310 million people.) Or that Facebook accounts for over ten percent of all U.S. web traffic? And that over 250 million photographs are posted to Facebook each day? Or that Twitter users are expected to send over 91 billion tweets during 2012? And that over four billion videos are viewed per day on YouTube? Facebook, Twitter, ...

Recorded on: Feb. 8, 2013

JOHN DELANEY: OK, we're back. A couple of housekeeping matters. As I mentioned at the beginning, we look forward to your feedback. Let us know what you like. Let us know about other topics that we can cover next year. We hope to have you back next year. So if you have thoughts about other issues you're seeing in your own practice that we haven't been able to touch upon in a day long conference, we'd love to hear about it. So please fill out the evaluation ...

Recorded on: Feb. 8, 2013

JOHN DELANEY: I think we're back. Next topic up is drafting and updating social media policies and guidelines. And one thing I will say. So much has happened in this area of the law since we last met a year ago that I can say with quite some confidence that, if your company hasn't updated its social media policy or guidelines in the past year, they're probably out of date, just because so much has happened in this area. And we're very fortunate to ...

From the program: Managing Wage & Hour Risks 2013

Released on: Feb. 25, 2013

Counsel as well as Human Resources and compliance personnel whose responsibilities include wage and hour matters must keep up to date on the latest developments, and understand and anticipate wage and hour risks so that these risks can be effectively managed through compliance programs and responses to early warning signs.  At the same time, given the sensitivity of these issues, it is critical for counsel on both sides to master best practices ...

From the program: Trade Secrets 2013: What Every IP Attorney Should Know

Recorded on: Feb. 14, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Trade Secrets 2013: What Every IP Attorney Should Know recorded February, 2013 in San Francisco. Lecture Topics  [00:58:21] Protecting Your Client's Secrets  [00:58:21] Creating value: identifying trade secrets that aren’t secret recipes Managing employees: what to do to reduce risks and preserve remedies Trade secret plumbing: how to stop leaks Monitoring employees and competitors ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

ROBERT P DAVIS: So given our usual procedure for moving very promptly into the next panels. I'm going to wait for the logistics to get settled out here. Then I'll briefly introduce our panel and turn it over to them. OK. I think Laura, soon as she's got her name-- AUDIENCE: Go ahead. ROBERT P DAVIS: All right, so I got the clear signal to proceed. Really, two things I'd like to point to in introducing this next panel on handling classification and ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

MICHELE R. FISHER: So our next panel's presentation, and I'll introduce them as they're coming up here, so we can keep moving, is To Arbitrate or Not to Arbitrate? Good question. Arbitration has been a hot topic since the Supreme Court decisions of Concepcion, Stolt Nielsen, and D. R. Horton case. And there've been a lot of questions and disputes as to whether employers should have arbitration agreements. What are the pros, and what are the cons? ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

ROBERT P. DAVIS: Yeah, we're right on. OK. Good. All right, everybody. Showing you that we really mean when we say the break periods will be strictly enforced, we go to our last panel of the morning, followed by a meal period which, as far as I can tell, is not mandated by statute or regulation. REID R. BRODA: Yet. ROBERT P. DAVIS: Yet, said Reid Broda. And just briefly, to introduce our panel. Immediately to my right, Reid Broda, who here is one ...

Recorded on: Feb. 14, 2013

P. ANTHONY SAMMI: So let me just jump right into the next panel. This is entitled, Protecting Your Clients' Trade Secrets. And we've got two wonderful gentlemen with us here today. One is David Garrett. And one is David Klausner. There are two Davids. David is obviously closer to me, David Garrett. And David Klausner is on the other side. Let me introduce them briefly. David Garrett is managing director and head of Stroz Friedberg's San Francisco ...

Recorded on: Feb. 22, 2013

Taken from the briefing Health Care Reform: An Employer's Essential Guide recorded February, 2013. Guidance on health care reform is coming in fast and from all angles.  The departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor have recently been releasing proposed rules in droves, with much more to come on the horizon.  Employers must already contend with several of the new rules, and other looming requirements will ...

Recorded on: Mar. 7, 2013

AMY TAUB: Thank you. Hello, my Name is Amy Taub. And I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, Health Care Reform, an Employer's Essential Guide. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the course handbook tab ...

From the program: Ethics in Social Media 2013

Recorded on: Mar. 19, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Ethics in Social Media 2013 recorded March, 2013 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:16:05] Risks of Social Media  [01:16:05] Social media threats Employee use of social media Managing user generated content Employee social media policy - drafting considerations Employee/Customer privacy issues The purchase price of this segment includes the following article from the Course ...

Released on: Mar. 19, 2013

Taken from the briefing ADA and Mental Disorders: Employee Threats and Violence, Employer Assessments and Accommodations recorded March, 2013. Threats of physical harm in the workplace may arise in a variety of ways, none benign. They range from bullying behavior to blatant homicidal and suicidal statements. Typically, employers must contend with a threatening and aggressive employee while under considerable pressure to take action quickly. Employers ...

Recorded on: Mar. 19, 2013

RICHARD RAYSMAN: All right. Our first panel today is going to be talking about ethics in social media, obviously. And we're going to have, really, a panel discussion, which I think will be quite interesting. At least in my mind view, it's been a pretty good format. So I wanted to introduce our three panelists. All the way to your left, to my right, one of our panelists is Sofia Rahman. She's the global social media attorney for Citi's Consumer Businesses. ...