Employment Law Fall Update 2014: Whistleblower Litigation, Discrimination & the First Amendment Out of Stock
Co-sponsored by the Labor & Employment Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association
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October 2014
Employment Law Fall Update 2014: Whistleblower Litigation, Discrimination & the First Amendment
Co-sponsored by the Labor & Employment Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association
Program Highlights:
Featuring-
The Evolution of Employment Discrimination Law: Changed Doctrine for Changed Social Conditions
With Professor Michael Selmi, Samuel Tyler Research Professor of Law, George Washington Law School, Washington, DC
And These Timely Topics!
- The Federal Whistleblower Protection Act
- Free Speech Claims After Lane v. Frank
- What Employment Lawyers Need to Know about Qui Tam and State Whistleblower Litigation: A Panel Presentation
- Non-compete Agreements
- ADEA Update
- Labor Law for Employment Lawyers
Program Description:
Hot, hot hot! That's what the topics are at this year's Employment Law Fall Update. Is sworn testimony outside of one's ordinary job duties entitled to First Amendment protection? The United States Supreme Court decided this and related issues in Lane v. Franks, and the case will be discussed at the Fall Program. Federal and state whistleblower litigation has been in the headlines. Not only will a judge from the Merit Systems Protection Board be speaking on The Federal Whistleblower Protection Act, but a national panel will be gathered to discuss what employment lawyers need to know about state law qui tam claims. Also, as the American work force ages, never has the issue of age discrimination been more important. Get the most up-to-date information on the ADEA, and hear discussion on a changed discrimination doctrine for our changed social paradigm. Two additional hot topics on the agenda are non-compete agreements and a debate on labor law issues.
AGENDA:
8:30 - 9:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:10am
Welcome and Introduction
John Culver, Esq., Benezra & Culver, P.C., Lakewood, CO, and Theresa Corrada, Esq., Lapin | Lapin, P.C., Denver, CO, Program Co-Chairs
9:10 - 9:40am
The Federal Whistleblower Protection Act
Presented by Honorable Stephen Mish, Chief Administrative Judge for the Denver Field Office of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), Lakewood, CO
9:40 - 10:10am
Free Speech Claims After Lane v. Franks
Presented by John Culver, Esq., Benezra & Culver, P.C., Lakewood, CO, Program Co-Chair
10:10 - 10:20am
Networking Break
10:20am -12:20pm
What Employment Lawyers Need to Know about Qui Tam and State Whistleblower Litigation: A Panel Presentation
Marie Spencer, Esq., Special Assistant Attorney General, New York Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Albany, NY
BethAnne Yeager, Esq., Relators' Counsel, formerly of Cohen Law Group, Madison, WI
Michael Theis, Esq., Hogan Lovells, Denver, CO
12:20 - 1:30pm
Lunch Break on Your Own
1:30 - 2:20pm
The Evolution of Employment Discrimination Law: Changed Doctrine for Changed Social Conditions
Presented by Professor Michael Selmi, Samuel Tyler Research Professor of Law, George Washington Law School, Washington, DC
2:20 - 3:10pm
Non-compete Agreements
Presented by Colin Walker, Esq., Fairfield and Woods P.C., Denver, CO, and Todd McNamara, Esq., McNamara Roseman & Kazmierski LLP, Denver, CO
3:10 - 3:20pm
Networking Break
3:20 - 4:10pm
ADEA Update
Presented by Joan Bechtold, Esq., Sweeney & Bechtold, LLC, Denver, CO, and Danielle Urban, Esq., Fisher & Phillips, LLP, Denver, CO
4:10 - 5:00pm
Labor Law for Employment Lawyers
Raymond Deeny, Esq., Sherman and Howard, L.L.C., Colorado Springs, CO, and Michael J. Belo, Esq., Berenbaum Weinschienk, PC, Denver, CO
5:00pm
Adjourn
- CLE Pass Price *FREE! - exclusions may apply
- Standard Price $339.00 USD
- Member Price $289.00 USD
- General Credits 8.00
- Ethics Credits 0.00
- EDI Credits