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Laura H. Posner, a member of the firm’s Securities Litigation & Investor Protection and Ethics & Fiduciary Counseling practice groups, will speak on a panel at the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) Annual Meeting on Monday, September 20, 2021.

Ms. Posner will take part in the panel “Words Matter – Holding Companies, Professionals, and Influencers Accountable for What They Say: The Fine Line Between Free Speech and Market Manipulation.” The discussion will examine the impact of social media and “influencers” on investor decision-making and its potential legal implications. Panelists will also include SEC Investor Advocate Rick Fleming, among others.

This year’s NASAA meeting will take place September 19-21, and will have both virtual and in-person attendance options. The in-person event will take place in Chicago. Learn more or register for the conference.

Cohen Milstein Special Counsel Suzanne Dugan, head of the firm’s Ethics & Fiduciary Counseling practice, has been invited to speak as part of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA) 2021 Legal Education Conference. The conference will be held virtually June 22-24.

Ms. Dugan will speak on the June 22 panel “Whistleblower Complaints and Disability/Member Fraud Hotlines.” The session will focus on various public pension systems’ approaches to handling, investigating, and defending complaints from whistleblowers and callers to disability and other member fraud hotlines.

Cohen Milstein Special Counsel Suzanne Dugan, head of the firm’s Ethics & Fiduciary Counseling practice, has been invited to speak as part of the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) Trustee Educational Seminar. The seminar will take place virtually on June 8, 2021.

Ms. Dugan spoke as part of the session “A Fiduciary Checklist to Help Trustees (and their Lawyers) Sleep at Night,” offering practical tips on building and maintaining an ethical culture at public pension funds. She and her co-panelist, Tony Roda of Williams & Jensen, fielded questions on recent developments in fiduciary law from Richard E. Lorant, Cohen Milstein’s Director of Institutional Client Relations.

More information on NCPERS events is available here.

Takisha D. Richardson, a member of the firm’s Sexual Abuse and Sex Trafficking team, has been invited to speak on Palm Beach County Justice Association‘s (PBCJA) “Best Practices for Selecting & Handling Sexual Abuse Cases” CLE webinar hosted via Zoom on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 11 a.m.

Ms. Richardson will provide practical information on selecting and handling sexual abuse cases. She will also discuss the ethical considerations associated with handling sexual assault cases, or cases with a child victim.

The PBCJA is a countywide organization of more than 450 trial attorneys and paralegals in Palm Beach County. The organization provides resources, education, networking events and more for plaintiff trial attorneys, paralegals and their clients. Ms. Richardson serves on the Board of Directors for the PBCJA.

Christine E. Webber, a partner in Cohen Milstein’s Civil Rights & Employment practice, will speak at the ABA 2021 National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law Midwinter Meeting, which will be held virtually from April 7-9, 2021.

Ms. Webber’s panel, “The Use of Technology in Managing the Workplace,” is scheduled for April 8 at 3:00 p.m.

The panelists will discuss the management of remote workforces, given the significant increase in telework over the past year due to COVID-19. Advanced legal topics relating to the use of technology in areas including recruiting/hiring, evaluating job performance, promotion/advancement, “right sizing” or RIFs, and predicting retention. This panel will address risks and opportunities of AI, machine learning and extracting information from big data; privacy implications; emerging ADA, Title VII and ADEA implications; and best practices for employers and employees alike.

Christine E. Webber, a partner in Cohen Milstein’s Civil Rights & Employment practice, will speak at the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) 2021 Spring Seminar. The seminar, “New Issues, Creative Solutions: Emerging Issues in Wage & Hour,” will take place virtually March 18-19, 2021.

Ms. Webber will take part in the session “What’s the Defense Bar Up To?” on March 19, 2021. This panel discussion will focus on defense bar tactics in wage and hour cases on issues related to jurisdiction, notice, discovery, and arbitration.

Find more information about the 2021 seminar.

Michelle C. Yau will participate in the Practising Law Institute webcast program “ERISA Fiduciary Investment Basics 2021” on March 15, 2021.

Ms. Yau will co-present the “401(k) Plan Fiduciary Fundamentals” session, reviewing fundamental fiduciary considerations applicable to 401(k) and other plans with participant directed account investment.

Sharon K. Robertson, a partner in our Antitrust practice, will speak on the Cardozo Law Alumni Association’s virtual panel “What It’s Like to Be a Litigator and Defying Gender Norms” on March 8, 2021. The panel is part of the Alumni Association’s “Women Lead the Law” event series, celebrating Women’s History Month.

The discussion, featuring women litigators in the public and private sectors, will address questions such as:

What challenges are unique to women litigators?
How are women litigators addressing any biases they may face?
How can we increase the number and visibility of women trial attorneys?

Christine E. Webber, a partner in Cohen Milstein’s Civil Rights & Employment practice, has been invited to speak at the 2021 Annual Conference of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA) on March 5, 2021.

Ms. Webber will present a “Review of 2020 Supreme Court Employment Decisions.”

MWELA, an affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association, serves as a forum for communication and collegial support among employment attorneys who represent employees. Its Annual Conference features attorneys, judges, and outside experts speaking on topics concerning all aspects of plaintiff-side practice.

Brian Corman, an Associate in Cohen Milstein’s Civil Rights & Employment practice, has been invited to speak at the 2021 Annual Conference of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA) on March 4, 2021.

Mr. Corman will speak on the panel “Lessons from Advocacy in the Time of COVID: Depositions, Mediations, Arbitrations, Remote & In-Person Trials and a View from the Bench.”