EMPLOYMENT LAW ISSUES FOR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL

This program will be held in Lipton Hall, D’Agostino Hall, NYU School of Law, 108 West Third Street, New York, NY

8:00-8:30 a.m.  Registration; Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.  Welcome
Prof. Samuel Estreicher (NYU Law)

8:35-9:20 a.m.  Class Action Waivers and the Law of Arbitration
Michael Gray (Jones Day) & Scott Levin (Morton’s Restaurant Group)

9:20-10:05 a.m.  Post-Dukes Issues: Disparate Impact; Issues Classes
Allan Dinkoff (Weil Gotshal) & Jordan Schiffman (UBS)

10:05-10:15 a.m.  Break

10:15-11:00 a.m.  In-House Investigations: Whistleblowers, Dodd-Frank
Michael Delikat (Orrick) & Daniel F. DuPré (Bank of America)

11:00-11:45 a.m.  Social Media; e-Discovery
Kathleen McKenna (Proskauer) & Hilary Lane (NBCUniversal)

11:45 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.  Best Practices in Settlement/Release Agreements
Robert Whitman (Seyfarth), Deanna Lindquist (Wells Fargo) & Kevin Chapman (Dow Jones) 

12:30-1:45 p.m.  Lunch
Speaker:  Hon. Chai Feldblum, Commissioner,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

1:45-2:00 p.m. Break

2:00-2:45 p.m.  Labor Law for Non-Union Companies: D.R. Horton; Social Media; Pay Confidentiality; Handbook Review
Fred Braid (Holland & Knight) & Alan H. Krystal (Capital Contractors)

2:45-3:30 p.m.  Wage-Hour Issues: Reclassifying Previously Exempt Employees
Allan Bloom (Paul Hastings) & Martin Schmelkin (Goldman Sachs)

3:30-3:45 p.m.  Break

3:45-4:30 p.m.  Expatriate, Seconded Employees
Donald Dowling (White & Case) & Peter Schiron (Deloitte)

4:30-5:15 p.m. Raiding Talent; Retaining Talent
Theodore Rogers (Sullivan & Cromwell) & Kevin Whitney (Goldman Sachs)

5:15-5:30 p.m.  Wrap-up


This program is open only to corporate and in-house counsel.

The cost to register for the program (which includes continental breakfast and lunch) is $250.

Registration is free for those who register at the full, non-discounted rate to attend the 65th NYU Annual Conference on Labor.