Understanding Successor Liability: How to Deal with Employment Law Claims

Broadcast Date: Friday, September 19, 2014 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm (ET)

Overview:

This course offers companies an overview of the latest trends; critical issues and best practices with respect to employment-related claims in order to avoid successor liability.

In a two-hour live webcast, the speakers will discuss:

Successor liability employment-related claims: an overview
Assumptions of liabilities
Employment law and general rules concerning successor liability
Best Practices
Up-to-minute regulatory updates

Agenda:

Matthew J. Maguire, Of Counsel
Pepper Hamilton LLP

Introduction to corporate transactions and how successor liability arises.
- Why are employment and labor issues different?
Traditional labor successor doctrine.
Expansion into Title VII claims.
Conducting due diligence with an eye towards successor liability issues
- FLSA
- FLMA
- WARN Act
Addressing liability risks in the transaction.
- Indemnity
- Insurance
Post-closing compliance.

Jenna L. Mooney, Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

General Rule of Successor Liability
Federal Successor Liability Standard
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
State Law

Who Should Attend:

Employment Law Attorneys
In-House Counsel
Legal Consultants
Legal Executive
Legal Officers
General Counsel & Vice President of Human Resources Public Companies
HR and Personnel Professionals
Employment Law Advisors
In-House Lawyers and Solicitors
Employee Relations Professionals
Directors and Line Managers
And other Related/Interested Professionals

Matthew J. Maguire Of Counsel Pepper Hamilton LLP

Matthew J. Maguire is of counsel in the Labor and Employment Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the Berwyn office. …

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Jenna L. Mooney Partner Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Jenna Mooney is an employment law counselor and litigator in the Portland office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. She defends …

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Course Level:
Intermediate

Advance Preparation:
Print and review course materials

Method of Presentation:
On-demand Webcast (CLE)

Prerequisite:
NONE

Course Code:
144613

NASBA Field of Study:
Business Law

NY Category of CLE Credit:
Skills

Total Credits:
2.0 CLE
2.0 CPE (Not eligible for QAS (On-demand) CPE credits)

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About Pepper Hamilton LLP

Pepper Hamilton LLP is a multi-practice law firm with more than 500 lawyers nationally. The firm provides corporate, litigation, intellectual property and regulatory legal services to leading businesses, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the nation and the world. While our practice is remarkably diverse, we operate as a unified firm, using our size, depth of talent and the latest technology to assist our clients. The firm was founded in 1890. Pepper’s practice areas encompass nearly all areas of law, and continue to expand as the firm and its clients grow. Our legal services include: antitrust, banking and finance, bankruptcy and reorganization, business transactions, construction, corporate, employee benefits and executive compensation, energy, environmental, family business, government contracts, government regulations, government relations and legislation, health care services, health effects litigation, housing and community development, information technology , insurance and reinsurance, intellectual property, international trade, investment management, labor and employment, life sciences, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, real estate, securities, securities enforcement and litigation, sports, taxation, trusts and estates, venture capital, white collar litigation and investigations.

Each Pepper office is active in its local community and serves as a base for the firm’s national and international work. The firm uses modern communications technology to link its offices and, when appropriate, staffs projects with lawyers from more than one office, enabling our clients to from the talents and experience of all of Pepper’s lawyers.

Website: https://www.pepperlaw.com/

About Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Davis Wright is a full-service business and litigation law firm with approximately 500 lawyers in nine offices on the east and west coasts of the United States and in Shanghai. The Firm is recognized for excellence in a broad number of areas, with 89 of our attorneys across 31 practice areas cited as leaders in their fields in the most recent Chambers USA guide, and over 140 of our attorneys across 56 practice areas included in the 2015 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America."

Website: https://www.dwt.com/