Event

"Overcoming the Complex Challenges of Retaliation Claims," ACI's 9th Annual Forum on Defending and Managing Employment Discrimination Litigation

Date   Sep 26-27, 2017
Time   10:55 am

*Discounted speaker referral rate available until Friday, August 18.

Join Julie Adams at the American Conference Institute's 9th Annual Forum on Defending and Managing Employment Discrimination Litigation for her panel, "Overcoming the Complex Challenges of Retaliation Claims: Managing Plaintiff Employees and Strategies for Defending Retaliation Suits."

When
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
10:55 AM - 11:45 AM

Where
Park Lane Hotel
36 Central Park South
New York, New York 10019
1-800-221-4982

About the Program

  • Overcoming the inherent difficulties in defending against retaliation cases
  • Best practices for managing employees who have sued the company for discrimination
    • What level of contact should there be with that employee?
    • Should a documentation trail be initiated? When and how?
    • Under what circumstances can you fire an employee who has sued the company?
    • How to proceed if the employee drops their EEOC charge?
  • Evaluating the EEOC’s position on these issues, as well as the latest court decisions
  • Review of the latest case law developments impacting elements of retaliation claims – “protected activity,” “adverse action” and “causation”
  • Overcoming juror preconceptions that retaliation is human nature in these scenarios
  • Pitfalls to avoid in preventing and defending retaliation claims
  • Counseling clients on establishing a model policy to protect the organization


*Discounted speaker referral rate $1696 and special $750 in-house counsel rate available until Friday, August 18. To register and receive a discounted rate, please contact Julie Adams at jadams@fordharrison.com.

For more information and full conference agenda, please click here.