Press Release
Duane Morris Announces 2007 E&I Seminar Series
PHILADELPHIA, April 12, 2007 - Duane Morris LLP will hold its employment, benefits and immigration spring seminar series for 2007, Developments in Workplace Law and Practice: Current Trends in Employment, Benefits & Immigration and Their Impact on Your Business between April 17 and June 5. This annual program provides an extensive overview of important employment, benefits and immigration law developments over the past year that may affect businesses. The seminars will run sequentially in seven cities: Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago.
The program is offered without charge to friends and clients of the firm and is of particular interest to business owners and executives, in-house counsel, human resources directors, benefits and financial professionals and consultants.
Topics include:
Employment
- The Supreme Court's new standard for retaliation
- The NLRB's newly refined criteria for supervisory status
- Disparate impact claims following a reduction in force
- FLSA collective suits and class actions under state wage and hour statutes
- New e-discovery rules
- State law updates on minimum wage spikes and mandatory leave entitlements
Immigration
- Social Security No Match Letters
- I-9 compliance
- Current ICE enforcement tactics
- Immigration reform and the new Congress
- H-1B, quotas and LCA compliance
- PERM updates
- Travel updates and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
Employee Benefits
- Pension Protection Act of 2006
- Impact on defined contribution plans (2007 and beyond)
- Impact on defined benefit plans (2007 and beyond)
- Collectively bargained plans
- Update on Code section 409A
- Health and welfare plan updates
A city-by-city overview, including registration deadlines, follows:
Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
The Capital Hilton
1001 16th Street, N.W.
Registration Deadline: April 10
San Francisco
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Practising Law Institute
San Francisco Conference Center
685 Market Street
Monadnock Building, First Floor
Registration Deadline: April 17
San Diego
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Westin Horton Plaza
910 Broadway Circle
Registration Deadline: April 19
New York
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Helmsley Park Lane Hotel
36 Central Park South
Registration Deadline: April 26
Boston
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Metro Meeting Center
101 Federal Street, 4th Floor
Registration Deadline: May 3
Philadelphia
Thursday, May 31, 2007
The Westin Philadelphia
99 South 17th Street
Registration Deadline: May 24
Chicago
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
The Regents Room
The American College of Physicians
Wyndham Chicago Hotel
633 North St. Clair Street
Registration Deadline: May 29
Schedule for all locations:
Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:00 a.m.
Program: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
For more information about the program or to register, contact .
About Duane Morris
Duane Morris LLP, among the 100 largest law firms in the world, is a full-service firm of more than 600 lawyers. In addition to legal services, Duane Morris has independent affiliates employing approximately 100 professionals engaged in other disciplines. With offices in major markets, and as part of an international network of independent law firms, Duane Morris represents clients across the United States and around the world.
