Program Chairs and Presenters
Colin B. Good
Hawks Quindel, S.C.
Madiso
Jordan Rohlfing
DeWitt LLP
Madison
Presenters
Warren E. Buliox
MWH Law Group LLP
Milwaukee
Hon. William M. Conley
U.S. District Court Western District
Madison
Lindsey W. Davis
Quarles & Brady LLP
Milwaukee
Stephen A. DiTullio
DeWitt LLP
Madison
John C. Gardner
DeWitt LLP
Madison
Robert J. Kasieta
Kasieta Legal Group LLC
Madison
Laura A. Lindner
Lindner Law LLC
Milwaukee
Summer H. Murshid
Hawks Quindel, S.C.
Milwaukee
Christopher L. Nickels
Quarles & Brady LLP
Milwaukee
Timothy J. Pierce
State Bar of Wisconsin
Madison
8:00 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. Federal Case Law Update
Jordan Rohlfing
9:20 a.m. Remote Workforce Issues
- Impacts on employment relationship
- Wage and hour issues
- Workplace injuries
- Protecting company data
- Complying with civil rights laws
John C. Gardner, Summer H. Murshid
10:10 a.m. Break
10:25 a.m. View From the Bench
Hon. William M. Conley
11:15 a.m. New developments in Wisconsin conviction-record discrimination law
- The genesis of the Cree case
- Dissecting the Wisconsin Supreme Court's Cree ruling
- The implications of the Cree ruling for employers and employees
- Practical advice for applying the “substantial relationship” test
Lindsey W. Davis, Laura A. Lindner
12:05 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:05 p.m. Wisconsin Case Law Update
Colin B. Good
1:55 p.m. Handling Difficult Disability Accommodation Requests
- Employee’s legal rights
- Employer’s obligations
- Mistakes employers make
- Addressing leave as a reasonable accommodation under 7th Circuit and Wisconsin Law •
- How difficult situations play out
Warren E. Buliox, Christopher L. Nickels
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Ethics in Employment Law
- Ethical obligations and privilege issues related to former officers and directors; mid-level managers; and low-level employees
- Communication with former employees who may have continuing obligations to the Company – disclaimers and other considerations
- Obligations and remedies when a former employee divulges confidential or privileged information
Stephen A. DiTullio, Robert J. Kasieta, Timothy J. Pierce
4:00 p.m. Program Concludes
- Stay up-to-date on critical issues brought on by the return to work
- Pick up practical litigation tips from a federal district court judge
- Understand what hiring practices related to applicant criminal histories are prohibited
- Know how to respond to difficult disability accommodation requests
- Receive federal and state case law updates from the past year
- Handle attorney-client privilege scenarios in labor and employment law ethically
- Labor and employment lawyers
- Civil rights and individual rights lawyers
- In-house counsel
- Attorneys advising small businesses
- Human resources professionals
- General practitioners
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