chevron-down Created with Sketch Beta.
April 08, 2020

2018 Meeting Papers

Wednesday, March 21

Genetics, Complicity or Bad Luck: Is there Workplace “Lifestyle” Discrimination? If So, Is it Illegal?

One Guy’s “Incentive” Is Another Gal’s “Penalty”: AARP v. EEOC Hits the Pause Button on America’s Costly Race to Embrace Workplace Wellness
Daniel B. Kohrman

Do State Lifestyle Statutes Provide Protection for Conditions Relating to Lifestyle Choices, Genetics or Plain Bad Luck?
Alisa B. Arnoff

Establishing a Physical Impairment of Weight Under the ADA/ADAAA: Problems of Bias in the Legal System
Camille A. Monahan, Tanya K. Goldman, and Debra Oswald

Political Action in the Non-Union Workplace: Employment at Will vs. the National Labor Relations Act

Political Action in the Non-Union Workplace: Employment at Will vs. the National Labor Relations Act
John F. Beasley, Jr., David S. Cohen, Jennifer Lynn Kroll, Kenneth Baren, and Vanessa M. Kelly

Political Action in the Non-Union Workforce: Employment at Will vs. The NRLA
John F. Beasley, Jr., David S. Cohen, Jennifer Lynn Kroll, Kenneth Baren, and Vanessa M. Kelly

What We Know about President Trump and Immigration: The Impact on Labor and Employment Lawyers

What We Know about President Trump and Immigration: The Impact on Labor and Employment Lawyers
Jonathan Grode

Dealing with a Dishonest Party with a Twist: Truth or Consequences

Discovery of Employment Investigations: Privilege and Waiver
Kirsten S. Branigan and Carole Lynn Nowicki

Dealing with a Dishonest Party with a Twist: Truth or Consequences
Jeff Patton, Kristen Branigan, Jeremy Monterio, and George Washington

A Preview of Proposed EEOC Enforcement Guidance and Effects of #MeToo
Kirsten Scheurer Branigan and Jessica Stein Allen

Working and Managing Effectively in a Multi-Generational Workforce: Talking ‘Bout My Generation

Working and Managing Effectively in a Multi-Generational Workforce: Talking ‘Bout My Generation
Myra McKenzie-Harris, Darnley D. Stewart, Lauren Stiller Rikleen, and Julie A. Totten

Judicial Perspectives on Current Ethics and Labor and Employment Law Topics: Views from the Bench While at the Beach

Judicial Perspectives on Current Ethics and Labor and Employment Law Topics: Views from the Bench While at the Beach
Hon. Virginia M. Hernandez Covington, Hon. Andrew J. Peck and Hon. Yvette D. Roland

Thursday, March 22

Whistleblowing across America: The Interplay Between State and Federal Law

Top States for Qui Tam Filing
R. Scott Oswald

Addressing Off Duty Conduct: What Happens in Clearwater Beach...Could Get You Fired

What Happens in Clearwater, Stays in Clearwater: Practical Tools for Representing Employees in Off Duty Conduct Claims
Kate Sedey

Addressing Off Duty Conduct: What Happens in Clearwater Beach...Could Get You Fired
Staceu A. Campbell, Caryl Flannery, Caroline Leonard, and Kate Sedey

Off Duty Conduct: An Employee's After Hours' Activities Could Get Them Fired
Stacey A. Cambell, Daniel M. Combs, and Allison L. Gambill

Executives and Start-Ups: Let’s Make a Deal

Executives and Start-Ups: Let’s Make a Deal
Melinda C. Burrows, Meredith A. Haviland, Arnold Pedowitz, and Eric A. Tate

The State of Employer-Sponsored Insurance: Guidance for Employers and Employees

The State of Employer-Sponsored Insurance: Guidance for Employers and Employees
Bobbie J. Fox, Joel R. Hurt, Michael Schionning, and Erin M. Sweeney

Applicants and Employers at the Application Stage: Getting the Job and Getting Paid

She Works Hard For the Money: A Plaintiff's Look at Court Decisions and State Legislation on Salary History Inquiries
James C. Zalewski

Applicants and Employers at the Application Stage: Getting the Job and Getting Paid
Eric L. Barnum, Todd Lebowitz, Lindsay McCall, and Amy Traub

Assessing Applicants' Criminal Records: Criminal History Discrimination Under Federal and State Law
Sandra E. Pullman

Applicants and Employers At The Application Stage Getting: the Job and Getting Paid
Eric L. Barnum, Sandra E. Pullman, Bobby C. Simpson, Jeffrey Neil Young, and James C. Zalewski

Applicants and Employers at the Application Stage: Getting the Job and Getting Paid. The View from Inside the House.
Bobby C. Simpson

The Legal and Other Challenges to the “Gig Economy” around the Globe: What’s the Score?

The Gig Economy - a UK Perspective
Paul Callaghan

The Gig Economy: Dependent Contractors, Workers' Rights, and the Canadian Approach
Randy J. Kaardal

The Gig Economy: A Threat to Basic Employment Rights
Wendi S. Lazar

Friday, March 23

The Ethics of Engagement Letters and Alternative Fee Arrangements: Beyond the First Date

The Ethics of Engagement Letters and Alternative Fee Arrangements: Beyond the First Date
Hon. Yvette D. Roland, Andrew Altschul, and Shree Wright

Litigation Issues Involving Staffing Agencies and PEOs: We’re in This Together...Or Are We?

Litigation Issues Involving Staffing Agencies and PEOs: We’re in This Together...Or Are We?
Michael P. Royal

Litigation Issues Involving Staffing Agencies and PEOs: We’re in This Together...Or Are We?
Hon J. Michelle Childs, Uche N. Egemonye, Devjani H. Mishra, and Scott M. Pollins

Staffing Agencies' Liability for Discrimination/Retaliation Claims: When Does the Rubber Meet the Road?
Scott M. Pollins

Managing Ethics Issues When Your Client is In the Wrong

Managing Ethics Issues When Your Client is In the Wrong
Cara E. Greene and David D. Powell

Trial Techniques and Strategies for Litigating Damages

Employment Related Damages
Stan Murphy

Trial Techniques and Strategies for Litigating Damages
Shirley Lin and John Alvin Henderson

Ethics Issues When lawyers Are Gig Economy Workers

Ethics Issues When lawyers Are Gig Economy Workers
Stacey A. Campbell, Michelle B. Craig, Navin Jani, and Lynlee Wells Palmer

Saturday, March 24

Title VII and Religion in Our Modern Society: Closely Held Beliefs

EEOC v Harris Funeral: 6th Circuit brief

Harris Funeral Homes CTA6 Opinion

Fact Sheet: Recent EEOC Litigation Regarding Title VII & LGBT-Related Discrimination

EEOC Compliance Manual Section 12 - Religious Discrimination

Masterpiece Cakeshop Respondents

Masterpiece Cakeshop, LTD., And Jack C. Phillips v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Charlie Craig, and David Mullins

SJ Ruling: EEOC v RG And GR Harris Funeral Homes Inc-1

Masterpiece Cakeshop: Petitioners Brief

Masterpiece Cakeshop: Petitioners Reply Brief

Examining a Current Client as an Adverse Witness

Opinion, Case No.21627 Committee on Legal Ethics v. Clark Frame & J. Michael Benninger

MD Ethics Docket No. 00-15

MD Ethics Docket 1987-26

Michigan Ethics OP RI-239

Michigan Ethics OP RI-218

Formal Opinion 2017-6: Issuing a subpoena to a current client

Dual Representation of Criminal Defendant and Sheriff FORMAL ETHICS OPINION 85-F-92

The Professional Ethics Committee for the Starte Bar of Texas: Opinion No. 608

Advisory Ethics Opinion 98-13

Formal Opinion 92-367: Lawyer Examining a Client as an Adverse Witness, or Conducting Third Party Discovery of the Client

The State Bar of California Standing Commiittee on professional Responsibility and Conduct Formal Oponion NO. 2011-182

Compelling Issues at the Intersection of Class Actions and Arbitrations: Be Careful What You Wish For!

Enforcing Class Arbitration Waiveres in the US Courts
Anna M. Pohl

Compelling Issues at the intersection of Class Actions and Arbitrations: Be Careful What You Wish For!
Reena I. Desai, Patrick J. Lamparello, and Linda M. Mohns

Using Mindfulness to Defuse Contentious Interactions

Using Mindfulness to Defuse Contentious Interactions
Debi Galler

Strategic Use of Forensic Experts in Prosecuting and Defending Noncompete, Trade Secret and Business Tort Claims

Strategic Use of Forensic Experts in Prosecuting and Defending Noncompete, Trade Secret and Business Tort Claims
Sonya Richburg, Cynthia K. Sass, and Adam Sharp

Using An Expert in Non-Compete and Trade Secret Cases
Christina H. Bost Seaton, David J. Carr, Sean Gallagher, Sonya Richburg, Cynthia Sass, and Adam Sharp

The Ethics of Bias and Looking Beyond Our Own Images: The Lawyer's Magical Looking Glass

The Ethics of Bias and Looking Beyond Our Own Images: The Lawyer's Magical Looking Glass
Samantha C. Grant, Christopher Houk, and Brenda Sutton-Wills