ELLG Agenda - May 2009

Omni Berkshire Place Hotel
21 East 52nd Street, Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022

AGENDA

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

• 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
• 9:00 am Welcome, Announcements and Introductions
  • Nita Beecher , Chair EL&LG, ORC Worldwide
• 9:15 am Latest on Legislative and Regulatory Issues - May 2009 Nita Beecher, ORC Worldwide
• The legislative and regulatory agenda of the Obama administration continues to unfold. As David Fortney  will discussing the inside perspective later, the update will be to provide a high level overview to allow David to provide more in-depth perspective for members. Mike Delikat  will also provide an overview of the significant whistleblower provisions in the TARP as well as his perspective on their potential impact on other aspects of government contracting.
• Topics:
  • EFCA
  • ADAAA Regulations
  • GINA comments
  • Wage and Hour Division Issues
  • EEOC focus
  • New leaders in Department of Labor
  • New Whistleblower Provisions Under The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)  Mike Delikat , Orrick
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• 10:45 am Break
• 11:00 am What Can Employers Expect Next From The Obama Administration 
  • David Fortney , FortneyScott 
  • David Fortney, former Acting Solicitor of Labor and ultimate Washington insider, will give members his perspective on legislation and regulatory changes which are continuing to take place in the Obama administration. David will highlight those areas he believes members especially need to focus on as the year progresses.
• 12:30 pm Lunch
• 2:00 pm Member Roundtable Discussion
  • Facilitated by Nita Beecher , ORC Worldwide
  • Other suggested topics:
    • Arbitration after 14 Penn Plaza-what are employers planning on doing?
    • Changes to disability discrimination
    • What approach to employers use to handle differing state and federal requirements?
    • Layoffs, WARN, releases and other issues
    • E-Discovery and how members are handline
    • Immigration and E-Verify
    • Other topics suggested by members
• 3:30 pm Break
• 3:45 pm Issues in Managing a Global Workforce (Not Available)
  • Greg Meyer , IBM 
  • IBM has been the forefront of creating a global workforce. Greg will give us his perspective on the issues that having a truly global workforce creates for employers and their in-house employment counsel.
• 4:10 pm Member Roundtable continues
• 5:00 pm Reception @ Omni
• 6:00 pm ORC No-Host Dinner

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

• 7:30 am Continental Breakfast
• 8:30 am Management of the Legal Function - Roundtable Discussion for In-House Counsel Only
  • Facilitated by In-House Counsel and Nita Beecher , ORC Worldwide
  • Topics:
    • What impact has the economy had on in-house counsel
    • On in-house counsel budgets
    • On outside counsel fees
    • On diversity efforts with law firms
    • Other topics as suggested by members

• 9:30 am Update on Ethics in Employment Law - May 2009 Chris Mills , Fisher Phillips, LLP 
  • Chris Mills, a friend of ORC, will provide members in an in depth focus on some of those aspects of Ethics which most affect in-house counsel members.
• 10:30 amBreak
• 10:45 am Supreme Court Update May 2009 
  • Bruce McLanahan , ORC Worldwide
  • Bruce will provide his usual insight to the cases which have been decided since the last meeting especially 14 Penn Plaza Case . What other cases should in-house practitioners be concerned about?
• 11:10 am Discrimination, Labor, and Other Member Issues (Not Available) 
  • Nita Beecher, ORC 
  • Nita will discuss with members the trends in employment law especially the latest approaches by EEOC on litigation as it continues to expand its systemic discrimination program.
• 12:00 pm Meeting Adjourns

Next ELLG Meeting
Tuesday, October 27 & Wednesday, October 28
Omni Berkshire Place Hotel