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Event Agenda



9:00 am – 9:15 am Welcome, Introduction & Program Overview
Shawn Matthew Clark Littler Mendelson P.C.
Regina E. Faul Phillips Nizer LLP
Tracey Salmon-Smith Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

9:15 am – 10:05 am Track 1A: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & the Risk of “Reverse” Discrimination
Panel Leaders:
Brittani McDonald Senior Counsel, Labor & Employment Diageo
North America, Inc
David Sarnoff Sarnoff Group LLC
Panelists: Tracy Richelle High Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
David Lopez University Professor of Law, Professor Alfred Slocum Scholar, and Co-Dean Emeritus Rutgers Law School
Lou Pechman Pechman Law Group

Track 1B: Political Speech In and Out of the Workplace
Joni H. Kletter Kalmanson Cohen PLLC
Kapil Longani Senior Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs and General Counsel, State University of New York
Michael Paglialonga Littler Mendelson, P.C.

10:05 am – 10:10 am

Break
10:10 am – 11:00 am Track 2A: Labor Law & Union Relations: Overview of the National Labor Relations Act & Current Trends in Union Organizing & Collective Bargaining
Sonica R. Dixon Medisys Health Network, Inc.
Karen P. Fernbach Arbitrator/Mediator & Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School and then Former Regional Director at Region 2 of NLRB
Christopher M. Repole Jackson Lewis, P.C.
Alexis B. Stanley Associate Counsel, United Federation of Teachers

Track 2B: Developments in Employment Law: Analysis of Recent Supreme Court & Circuit Court Decisions
Stephen Bergstein Bergstein & Ullrich
Hon. James “Jay” C. Francis IV (Ret.) JAMS
Merrick T. (Rick) Rossein City University of New York School of Law
Evan J. Spelfogel Phillips Nizer LLP

11:00 am – 11:10 am

Break
11:10 am – 12:25 pm Track 3A: Strategies for Effective Pre-Litigation Dispute Resolution
Noah J. Hanft AcumenADR LLC
Mark J. Goldberg Loeb & Loeb LLP
Randi M. Cohen Kalmanson Cohen PLLC

Track 3B: New Developments in Restrictive Covenants in Light of the FTC’s & New York’s Proposed Bans on Non-Competes
Richard B. Friedman Richard Friedman PLLC
Celine J. Chan Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
David H. Herrington Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Julia M. Jordan Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Jason B. Levin Jackson Lewis P.C.
Harris M. Mufson Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

12:25 pm – 1:25 pm

Networking Lunch
1:25 pm – 2:40 pm Plenary Session: Tomorrow’s Workplace: Navigating Emerging Technology & Employment Law
Gerald T. Hathaway Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Jonathan Ben-AsherRitz Clark & Ben-Asher LLP
Jonathan Blumenstein Charles River Associates
Regina E. Faul Phillips Nizer LLP
2:40 pm – 2:50 pm

Break
2:50 pm – 4:05 pm Track 4A: Critical Issues in Executive Compensation
Richard B. Friedman Richard Friedman PLLC
Evan A. Belosa McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Marissa J. Holob Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Jeannine M. McSweeney Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
David B. Teigman Proskauer Rose LLP
Marc R. Trevino Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Track 4B: Navigating the Changing Landscape of Workplace Policies – Updates on Key Employment Handbooks, Policies, & Agreements
Shawn Matthew Clark Littler Mendelson P.C.
Tahnee S. Baker FanDuel Group
Lisa I. Fried-Grodin Fried-Grodin Employment Law LLC
Carolyn B. Rincon Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Damion K.L. Stodola New York City Commission on Human Rights

4:05 pm – 4:10 pm

Break
4:10 pm – 5:00 pm Securing Tomorrow’s Workplace: Navigating the Intersection of Privacy, AI & Ethics
Hon. James “Jay” C. Francis IV (Ret.) JAMS
Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.) Ronald J. Hedges LLC
Anne Wolfson Anne Wolfson PLLC
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Networking Reception

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