Spring 2024 Conference Full Day Conference at Fordham Law
May 3, 2024 (08:30 AM - 5:45 pm PM Eastern)
Fordham Law School
Rates: Members $315; Non-members $395; Non-profit Attorney $145; Students/Para $105
Virtual Rates: Non-Member Rate: $200; Member Rate $150; Non-Profit Attorney $75; Students/Para FREE
If you would like to apply for financial aid, please email nelany@nelany.com for the application.
Breakfast, snacks, lunch and happy hour is included in your registration!
4.5 areas of Professional Practice; 1 Cybersecurity General;1 DEI = 6.5 credits
Agenda
8:30 - 8:55 AM Breakfast
8:55- 9:00 AM Welcome
9:00- 10:30 AM From NYC to FLSA: 2024 Wage and Hour Update (1.5 area of prof. practice)
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Nicole Grunfeld, Katz Melinger, Moderator
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Gianfranco Cuadra, Pechman Law Group
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Chaya Gourarie, Bell Law Group
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Elizabeth Wagoner, NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
10:30 – 11:30 AM Navigating the Digital Minefield (1.0 Cybersecurity)
A panel discussion on navigating the digital minefield. Gain insights from cybersecurity specialists, legal professionals, and AI experts on the evolving landscape of threats, from phishing scams to AI-powered attacks. Learn about data breach protocols, legal implications, and best practices to protect your firm and client data.
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Dan Stromberg, Partner & eDiscovery Counsel, Outten & Golden LLP
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Shawn Campbell, CIO/CISO, Outten & Golden LLP
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Jeff Chivers, Co-Founder and CEO TLATech Inc.
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Theo Rostow, Co-Founder and COO TLATech Inc.
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Dean Sapp, SVP Information Security, Risk and Compliance at Filevine
11:30-11:45 AM Break
11:45 - 12:45 PM : The Ins & Outs of Representing Undocumented Workers (1.0 Professional Practice)
Come and learn from the experts on how to navigate issues facing undocumented workers such as work authorization, tax considerations, discovery, damages and more.
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Jonathan Bernstein, Isaacs Bernstein, P.C.
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David Colodny, Catholic Migration Services
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Laura Rodriguez, Frontera Law Firm
12:45- 1:45 Lunch
1:45 - 2:45 PM: DEI Panel on Implicit Bias: Details to follow (DEI 1.0 credit)
2:45 – 3:45 PM: Current Employment Law Challenges for the Cannabis Industry (1.0 Professional Practice)
The legalization of cannabis for medical and adult use purposes in 47 states has created a tidal wave of legal and practical implications in employment law. With the anticipated rescheduling of it federally to Schedule III as a medicine will increase the confusion and chaos that will continue to follow until better guidelines and standards are developed for the workplace. How collective bargaining agreements, federal Drug Free Workplace Act, Worker’s Compensation reimbursement for medical cannabis, and health and long term disability benefits are just a few of the impacted areas of employment law which need to be addressed by experienced cannabis attorneys for those facing employment policy decisions in this fast emerging area.
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Gary Ireland, Law Offices of Gary Ireland, Moderator
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David Holland, Prince Lobel Tye
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Lisa M. Casa, Forchelli Deegan Terrana
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Molly Smithsimon, Book Law LLP
3:45- 4:45: Class Actions Challenging Employment Discrimination (1.0 Professional Practice)
We now have more than a decade of case law since Wal-Mart v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011), which ruled that about 1.5 million women could not certify a class action to challenge sex discrimination by their employer. The panel will explore employment class actions and federal jurisprudence in the wake of Wal-Mart and other developments.
- Tiffani Burgess, Legal Defense Fund
- Rachel Geman, Lieff Cabraser
- Maia Goodell, Vladeck Waldman
- Renay Oliver, EEOC
4:45- 5:45 PM Happy Hour