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California has seen a dramatic and sustained increase in representative wage and hour litigation over the past fifteen years – through both class actions and as representative claims brought pursuant to the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA).  Attorney Tom Ingrassia will provide an in-depth analysis of issues driving the prosecution, defense, and settlement of representative actions pursuant to California and federal class action statutes and California’s Private Attorney’s General Act (PAGA).  Tom will also discuss best practices and recommended policies designed to enable employers to avoid and, when necessary, successfully resolve such claims.

A panel discussion addressing the lack of diversity in organizations and how legal departments can take steps to address this problem while  managing the legal risk associated with that effort.

In this program, Michele Goodwin, award-winning author, advocate, professor, and social commentator, will reflect on law as an institution and tool that historically protected and advanced racism. From the Antebellum period through Jim Crow, law’s role in advancing white supremacy and racial injustice was visible through the legalization of slavery, slave patrols, fugitive slave laws, laws that provided for the physical torture of enslaved persons on through Black Codes enacted during Reconstruction and “separate but equal laws.” Professor Goodwin will discuss why recognizing and reckoning with law as an accomplice and facilitator of discrimination and racism are overdue and urgent in protecting the rule of law. Her talk will close articulating why law’s role and responsibility in dismantling discrimination and racism are crucial in promoting the rule of law.

Participants will learn:

• History of law’s involvement in promoting and establishing racial discrimination
• Law’s direct role in undermining progress toward racial equality and ending racial discrimination
• Law’s role and responsibility in dismantling racism

In the coming months, the ACC SoCal D&I Committee, in collaboration with Ogletree Deakins, will launch a series of programming to foster learning and dialogue to build bridges. Titled “Social Justice in the Modern Civil Rights Era,” the programming will include specific opportunities for collective action so that together we can have a positive impact. 

The first episode in the Social Justice in the Modern Civil Rights Era series is a conversation with Civil Rights icon Reverend James M. Lawson, Jr. Reverend Lawson is the leading tactician of nonviolent protest, and in an interview available at 2 p.m. PT July 31, 2020, Reverend Lawson shares insights on how corporate attorneys can be a part of history. 

The legal landscape has changed radically since the start of 2020. While COVID-19 has profoundly impacted the Golden State, and the world, new employment laws are still driving change for California employers. Join Jackson Lewis P.C. for a mid-year employment law webinar, where we will share critical mid-year updates, provide an overview of key rulings, and discuss pending new laws for 2021.

Topics:

• Mid-year reminders about local minimum wage increases and paid family leave benefits
• New ordinances and requirements instituted as a result of COVID-19
• Employment case updates, including status of independent contractors and employment arbitration agreements
• Pending state legislation relating to employment and employee benefits

Change is constant—finite and monumental, by moment and over time. The alteration of our workplace and world since March has been profound, and we are committed to bringing you the information you need, when you need it. Our webinar series, now an ongoing series of 40-minute programs, allows us to dig a little deeper into our topics and provide additional analysis and guidance. In addition to the voices of our Jackson Lewis lawyers you have grown to trust, we will often be welcoming additional speakers to join our conversation.

Change is constant—finite and monumental, by moment and over time. The alteration of our workplace and world since March has been profound, and we are committed to bringing you the information you need, when you need it. Our webinar series, now an ongoing series of 40-minute programs, allows us to dig a little deeper into our topics and provide additional analysis and guidance. In addition to the voices of our Jackson Lewis lawyers you have grown to trust, we will often be welcoming additional speakers to join our conversation.

Change is constant—finite and monumental, by moment and over time. The alteration of our workplace and world since March has been profound, and we are committed to bringing you the information you need, when you need it. Our webinar series, now an ongoing series of 40-minute programs, allows us to dig a little deeper into our topics and provide additional analysis and guidance. In addition to the voices of our Jackson Lewis lawyers you have grown to trust, we will often be welcoming additional speakers to join our conversation.

M&A plays an important role in enabling the life sciences ecosystem and is one of the primary routes by which treatments are acquired, nurtured, and brought to market. But what happens after these deals get done? And how can these transactions be more successful for the buyer and seller?

Join us for a webinar discussion that will share a variety of perspectives on M&A transactions, including buy-side and sell-side considerations and experiences. Our panelists will address:

• Recent findings from a newly published report from Mintz and Mergermarket
  providing insight based on interviews with 100 senior-level US executives about their latest deals as well as data on M&A transactions in the life sciences industry

• Deal drivers in 2020: What is motivating M&A activity now?

• Lessons learned from post-merger integrations and challenges associated with combining organizations

• Avoid post-closing dispute

Participation limited to ACC In-house Legal Counsel Members Only.

Join us to discuss your questions surrounding how premises and general liability coverage will be impacted in the post-COVID/pre-vaccine world. The historical risk of food poisoning and slip-and-fall has now become much greater with potential claims from customers regarding contracting COVID while dining or shopping.