The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
This webinar will help employers navigate the network of protected and unprotected leave available to employees during the COVID-19 crisis, including explaining:
the nuances of Families First Coronavirus Response Act
considerations for implementing temporary leave policies
how to apply Maryland’s state and county leave laws to COVID-19 circumstances
how to treat furloughed employees with regard to paid time off
Hundreds of parties are scheduling video mediations. Whether your company has traditional discrimination or wrongful termination claims pending, or whether COVID-19 related claims involving wage and hour, FMLA, ADA or other compliance challenges are on the horizon, prepare yourself to maximize the effectiveness of video-conferenced mediation. Successful negotiating through video-conferencing, however, takes preparation not only of the legal issues, but also of issues unique to the technology.
Please join JAMS mediator/arbitrator Maria C. Walsh Esq., Sean Devlin, General Counsel of Feeney Brothers and Kristen Schuck, JAMS Business Manager, as they offer "best practice" tips for using video-conferencing to achieve a settlement. The webinar will cover:
Video-conferencing Case Preparation
Tools for Video-conferencing proceedings
Best Communication techniques to use in remote situations
Safety Protocols and Security
Register below to better prepare yourself for the next employment mediation, learn to engage in video-conferenced negotiations with confidence, use the technology most effectively to communicate your clients views and gain a greater understanding of how to maximize your settlement opportunity.
Presented by the ACC Georgia Chapter’s Women’s Initiative
While we cannot meet in person, we can still connect online. Join the Women’s Initiative for a Virtual Happy Hour on Tuesday, April 28th from 5:30 – 7:00 pm! You can pick up a complimentary cheese board from Caly Road Creamery in Sandy Springs. And while we cannot pour virtually, the Women’s Initiative would like to lighten the mood by sponsoring the “It’s So Not Funny You Have to Laugh” COVID-19 humor contest. Please be prepared to share a meme or funny joke about COVID-19. The submitters of the top 5 jokes, as selected by our sponsors, will each win a bottle of wine for the next Women’s Initiative Virtual Happy Hour.
The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly altered the way we live, work, and interact. To that end, we invite you to join in on our virtual forum to discuss the disproportionate impact the pandemic has had on our Community in the Commonwealth. This forum will offer our Community an opportunity to talk, share resources, ideas, and personal experiences.
How are you doing?
What's keeping you up at night?
What resources have you found to be helpful?
How are you juggling family & work?
As anxiety and stress loom large, what are you doing to bring joy to your life?
This is a chance to learn from each other, listen to one another and even though we aren't physically together, we hope you will leave the discussion feeling the support of our Community.
Please join us for this virtual discussion by registering below. A separate calendar appointment with login information will be sent a few days before the event.
ACC Northeast, together with Seyfarth Shaw, invites you to dial-in for this timely webinar.
As we begin to focus on what the return to work will look like, as well as what the "new normal" will be, organizations of all sizes will need to be prepared to address the COVID-19 related litigation matters that are sure to arise. The impacts of COVID-19 are unprecedented. Tremendous strain has been felt by all companies and now their legal departments are faced with putting the pieces back together along with having to figure out strategies to protect their companies.
During this webinar, Seyfarth Shaw panelists will provide insights on what companies can expect in terms of litigation in the post COVID-19 world. The topic areas to be covered are:
Key employment Issues, including discrimination, and wage and hour claims;
OSHA health and safety claims; and
Whistleblower claims, and claims arising out of commercial relationships.
Speakers will discuss where organizations are at most risk and share the best practices and policies that have helped other companies navigate the current situation.
Register below. Dial-in instructions will be provide after registration.
Having trouble navigating all of the rules and regulations on COVID-19? Have questions about closures, furloughs and layoffs? This interactive webinar presented by Jackson Lewis P.C. will walk attendees through common issues that employers across the country are facing every day, including: wage and hour, unemployment compensation, FMLA/ADA, temperature checks, testing employees and individuals considered “high risk." Jackson Lewis attorneys will also open the floor so attendees can ask their most pressing questions as we all work together through this new norm.
Join your ACC colleagues and Joe Tirone and Mark Henriques, partners at Womble, Bond, Dickinson, for a webinar on Maryland's response and the Paycheck Protection Program.
Regarding COVID-19, the government pronouncements (including government mandated or encouraged business closures and restrictions on travel/large gatherings) are having an unprecedented impact on the ability of many businesses to maintain operations and perform commercial contract obligations. Impacted contracts include, without limitation, manufacturing and supply contracts, purchasing agreements, sales contracts, leases, franchise agreements, and travel/hospitality contracts.
In this session, we will explore how force majeure clauses and related contractual defenses impact performance of these contracts and offer practical, business friendly guidance on how to navigate through the issues.
ACC Northeast, together with Beveridge & Diamond, invites you to dial-in for this informative webinar.
COVID-19 sent workers home, interrupted supply chains, and closed government offices and the courts, setting up a whole new set of challenges for businesses, globally and regionally. This webinar explores practical solutions for addressing today's business problems presented by COVID-19.
Topics to be covered include:
Force majeure and other remedies for contractual interruption;
OSHA enforcement and compliance in the COVID-19 world;
Strategies for pursuing litigation during court closures;
US EPA and MassDEP enforcement updates and impacts on site cleanups.
Join Beveridge & Diamond's Marc J. Goldstein , Jayni A. Lanham and Dylan King as they share important information on what in-house counsel and their companies can be doing now to prepare for re-entry and to mitigate the overall business impact of the pandemic. If you or your companies are doing business within the New England region this is a not-to-be-missed webinar!
Register below. Dial-in instructions will be provided after registration.
