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It is a competitive hiring world out there and building your legal department presents numerous challenges. Once you’ve put in place just the right team, your job isn’t over. As a manager you are expected to encourage your employees to excel, allow them opportunity to grow, and maintain an open dialogue to promote sharing of ideas. Our panel shared practical advice on how to hire the staff you need and insights on how to manage and motivate your most valuable resource, your staff.

Whether employees are blogging, expressing religious beliefs, instant messaging or emailing each other, many employees believe they have virtually unlimited communication rights. What they are saying may be putting your organization at legal risk. Join this panel of your peers to benchmark and discuss employee rights and workplace laws implicated in controlling these communications, and the elements of effective corporate policies and practices.

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Current Issues Faced by Nonprofit Organization Counsel

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Current Issues Faced by Nonprofit Organization Counsel

This 2004 winner is back with updated information to take you to the next level of your management career. Using hypothetical problems in an interactive setting you will learn best practice solutions to law department management problems. The updated checklist you take home from this class will be an invaluable resource to use in your everyday management role.

This timely presentation will no doubt provide welcome guidance for those companies who have been affected by employee leaves of absence, particularly for military service. We'll provide you with an update of the latest legal issues surrounding employee leave including establishing an effective compliance program, handling difficult leave issues, and accommodating military leave matters involving veterans and reservists. This session will include a review of recent USERRA guidance, as well as a look at policies used by leading companies.

What does an employer need to do to ensure compliance with safety and health regulations concerning its employees in the workplace? And how broadly is the workplace defined? This program will provide a basic grounding in federal OSHA requirements, as well as other labor and employment laws and regulations affecting employees, health, and safety in the workplace, including recent safety procedures and policies being implemented by companies on issues such as employee use of cell phones and email devices while operating a motor vehicle, telecommuting, home offices, and more.

Mergers and acquisitions, regardless of who ends up on top, can be hardest felt by the employees. Two law departments first operating separately and then merged into one can present a multitude of issues to address. If you're about to be acquired or conducting a merger of your own, here's an opportunity to get ahead of the curve. Learn the substantive issues you'll face, ideas for department organization, and ways in which to make work life in your newly combined legal environment rewarding.

There is much that in-house employment lawyers, their HR clients and their managers can do before and when an employment dispute arises that can help litigators successfully defend the company if the employee files an administrative agency charge or court complaint. This round table session will cover best practices in conducting terminations and other personnel actions, investigating complaints, drafting policies, preparing for and responding to ediscovery requests, maintaining records and other actions that can create legal risk.

Attorneys who provide EH&S compliance advice may be lucky enough to avoid serious enforcement and litigation. However, much of the practice is shaped by lawsuits and the advice of those who have had to face the judge or jury. We all want to avoid lawsuits, but we can sure learn from the preparation and outcome. EH&S litigators in key and risky regulatory areas will discuss and share their insight with those tasked with providing day-to-day EH&S advice. After attending this session, you will have the tools to better counsel on EH&S matters.

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