Stay up to date with current wage and hour claims trends and legal developments
ACI’s Wage and Hour Claims & Class Actions Conference is regarded as the premier, flagship event for employment law practitioners across the country. For the last three decades, senior government officials, judges, defense counsel and in-house executives have convened to discuss critical developments and emerging risks confronting industry. The 2019 program has evolved to include more focus on state and municipal law issues, along with new, interactive formats. Participants will benefit from practical, real-world insights for handling high stakes matters, including:- New York & California Status Report: New Legislation, Expectations for Industry and Anticipated Changes
- PAGA Litigation: The Latest Approaches to Reclassification of Employees
- Settlements in Practice – How Practitioners are Navigating Changes to Rule 23
- The Biggest Misunderstandings about Arbitration Clauses Post-Epic Systems
PLUS! What Would You Do If…Hypothetical Scenarios on Equal Pay, Family Leave, and the #MeToo Movement
A View from the Bench:
Perspectives on Wage and Hour Litigation, Class Actions, Discovery and Settlements
Hon. Michael Kaplan
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of New Jersey
Hon. Suzanne Segal
U.S. District Court
Central District, CA
THE ARBITRATOR’S PERSPECTIVE: Where Legal Counsel Has Gone Right and Wrong in Arbitration Proceedings
Joel M. Grossman
Arbitrator
JAMS (Los Angeles, CA)
Theodore Cheng
Arbitrator
ADR Office of Theo Cheng (Princeton, NJ)
Network and Gain Insights from In-House Decision-Makers:
- Legal Seafoods
- Marsh & McLennan Companies
- Nationwide Insurance
- Pepsi
- Starbucks
- Zurich North America
Enhanced networking and insights from a new faculty of in-house executives:
- In-House Counsel Decision-Making in Practice: Approaches to Budgeting, Selecting Outside Counsel, and Managing Wage and Hour Claims and Class Actions
- What’s Keeping Industry Up at Night? In-House Counsel Discuss the Most Pressing Issues Posed by New, Evolving State and Municipal Requirements