Program Chair and Speaker:
Erica N. Reib
O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C.
Milwaukee
Speakers:
Erik K. Eisenmann
Husch Blackwell
Milwaukee
Jill M. Hartley
The Previant Law Firm, S.C.
Milwaukee
Kevin J. Kinney
Ogletree Deakins
Milwaukee
Kristi S. Nelson
Foy Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Milwaukee
Bonita J. Shucha
University of Wisconsin Law Library
Madison
Kristopher Turner
University of Wisconsin Law Library
Madison
8:30 a.m. NLRB Under the Trump Administration
Kevin J. Kinney
9:20 a.m. Restrictive Covenants: Shifts in Federal Priorities and State Law Updates
- Overview of what restrictive covenants are
- Status of federal attempts to govern restrictive covenants (FTC, NLRB)
- Wisconsin & Other State Law Updates
Erica N. Reib
10:10 a.m. Break
10:25 a.m. Employee Activism In and Outside the Workplace
- The impact of the current Administration’s policies on the federal administrative agencies that enforce labor and employment laws
- How employee rights have been affected and alternative strategies available to workers
Jill M. Hartley
11:15 a.m. Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI in the Workplace (LPM)
- Review examples of how attorneys are ethically using AI in their daily practice
- Review best practices for creating dynamic and effective prompts
- Get a review of new and unique legal-specific and general GenAI tools
- See real world applications and practical considerations when using GenAI
Bonita J. Shucha, Kristopher Turner
12:05 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:15 p.m. DEI Under Fire: Legal Impact of Executive Orders on DEI Programs for Employers
- Impact of the administration’s recent executive actions that address Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion.
- Analysis of Executive Orders, including a discussion of what constitutes “Illegal DEI"
- Updates regarding the pending legal challenges to the Executive Orders
- Discussion regarding parallel enforcement activity by certain state and federal entities.
Erik K. Eisenmann
2:05 p.m. Pay Transparency and Pay Equity Laws
- Younger workforce demands transparency
- How this affects employers
- Potential for Equal Pay Act Clamins or EEOC Charges
- Get top recommendations for pay transparency and equity laws as well as global compliance tips
Kristi S. Nelson Foy
2:55 p.m. Program Concludes
- Stay current on critical labor and employment law developments affecting your clients and practice
- Learn how recent actions by the current administration could impact the NLRB’s role in labor disputes
- Understand evolving rules around restrictive covenants and how to draft enforceable agreements
- Gain practical strategies for advising clients about DEI policies while minimizing legal risk
- Prepare for situations involving employees’ off-duty conduct and employers’ responses
- Labor lawyers
- Employment lawyers
- Government lawyers
- Individual rights lawyers
- Appellate lawyers
- General practitioners
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