The First 100 Days of the Obama Administration

Managing large and small workforces against the backdrop of a challenging economy and a new presidential administration has raised several areas of concern within management-side, labor and employment circles. Please join our panel comprised of experienced Sheppard Mullin labor attorneys and in-house employment counsel for a discussion on how the labor and employment law landscape has changed through the first 100 days of the Obama administration.

Thursday, May 21, 2009
Registration: 4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Program: 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

W New York
541 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
(3 blocks from Grand Central)
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This 1.5 hour complimentary seminar will be presented by: 

Our program will feature informative discussions on, among other topics:

  • Labor and employment cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court and legislative updates; 
  • Executive compensation restrictions under the Troubled Assets Relief Program ("TARP") and other challenges to covered employers under the American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009 (also called the Stimulus Act); 
  • How to avoid layoffs and alternatives to workforce reductions; 
  • Managing fair employment practices in the wake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act; and
  • An update on the Employee Free Choice Act and what employers should be doing now to prepare for the potential changes to longstanding labor laws. 

Questions? Contact Meredith Greisman at  mgreisman@sheppardmullin.com  or (212) 332-3838.