Rebecca A. Ojserkis, an associate in our Civil Rights & Employment practice, has been invited to speak at the 2025 NELA Wage and Hour Update on March 28 at the Royal Sonesta Chase Park Plaza St. Louis.
Rebecca’s panel program is titled, “Revisiting Swales, Clark, and Bristol-Myers Squibb—The Latest in FLSA Certification & Jurisdictional Issues.”
Swales was decided in 2021. Panelists will discuss how courts are dealing with FLSA certification issues, how to respond to defense arguments regarding Swales and how jurisdictional issues create access to justice issues for plaintiffs.
Moderator: Clif Alexander, Anerson Alexander, PLLC
Speakers: Rebecca A. Ojserkis, Cohen Milstein and Harold L. Lichten, Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C.
Molly Bowen, a partner in our Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice, has been invited to speak on RJI Investor Strategies Briefing: Derivative Lawsuits. The program will be held via Zoom on March 10, 2025 at 01:00 PM EST.
Molly’s briefing will focus on various strategies to continue and advance the necessary work of corporate accountability, amidst a rapidly changing regulatory and legal landscape. Specifically, she will focus on shareholder derivative lawsuits. Her briefing will also include updates and conversation around recent developments in corporate law in the state of Delaware.
Sharon Robertson, a trial lawyer and partner in our Antitrust practice, has been invited by the American Bar Association to speak on the FTC’s bench trial against Meta, scheduled for April 14, 2025. The webinar, hosted through the ABA’s Antitrust Law Section, will be held on February 20, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. EST.
The lawsuit, Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (D.D.C.), raises many questions sure to influence future Section 2 of the Sherman Act enforcement, including how to analyze a course of conduct, when the government should challenge completed acquisitions, and how to craft effective remedies. Please join us for a discussion of the issues likely to be in the headlines throughout the trial.
The ABA program will be moderated by Koren W Wong-Ervin, Jones Day. The panelists include:
- Sharon Robertson, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
- David Kully, Holland & Knight
- Fiona Scott Morton, Yale School of Management
- Joseph Coniglio, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Lyzette Wallace will speak on the webinar “Doing What Needs to Be Done in Ediscovery Without a Litigation Support Team” on January 30 at 1:00 p.m. The webinar, hosted by Everlaw, will explore how firms with limited resources can keep up with the growing demands of modern ediscovery.
In addition to Lyzette, the webinar panel will feature:
- Renner Walker, Hausfeld
- Sophia Khan, Everlaw
- Brittany Resch, Strauss+Borrelli
Visit the event page to register for the event or learn more.
Poorad Razavi, a partner in Cohen Milstein’s Complex Tort Litigation practice, has been invited to speak on a panel at the ABA’s 2025 Environmental & Energy, Mass Torts, and Products Liability Litigation Committees’ Joint Regional CLE Program on January 23, 2025.
The panel will discuss the use of product data in product liability lawsuits. The discussion will include representatives from the plaintiff and defense sides to talk about how historical data (product development, testing, warranty claims, etc.) has been used to each side’s advantage and disadvantage in product liability litigation.
The program will be held on January 22-24, 2025 at the Viewline Resort Snowmass, Autograph Collection Snowmass Village, CO.
The PLUS D&O Symposium is a 2-day annual event geared for professionals who work in the professional liability industry focusing on Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance. The symposium will take place at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City.
Julie’s panel, AI and the D&O Risks, will be held on March 5 at 1:45 p.m.
Panelists will discuss directors and officers maneuver through a complex landscape of regulatory and legal risks as AI evolves. Implementing best practices around the use of AI and robust governance-focused risk mitigation can help manage exposures.
The panelists include:
- Claire Davey, Relm Insurance Ltd
- Julie Reiser, Cohen Milstein
- Renny Hwang, OpenAI
- Boris Feldman, Freshfields US LLP
- Nick Reider, Aon
Benjamin Jackson, a partner in Cohen Milstein’s Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice has been invited to speak at the Investor Protection Summit in the Age of Crypto, Artificial Intelligence & Beyond, on February 7, 2025 at Santa Clara University School of Law | Charney Hall in Santa Clara, CA.
The Investor Protection Summit, jointly hosted by Santa Clara University School of Law & Loyola University Chicago’s Institute for Investor Protection, brings together preeminent judges, regulators, scholars, legal professionals, ethicists, and tech industry leaders. Speakers will share their insights on future of financial regulation and investor protection in an era of rapid change.
Ben’s panel, AI and the Litigation Terrain: Liabilities, Social Media, Memes, Risks, and Price Movement is scheduled for 2:50 p.m. The panelists include:
- Hon. Sara L. Ellis, Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- David G. Yosifon, Professor of Law, Santa Clara Law
- Benjamin Jackson, Partner, Securities Litigation and Investor Protection, Cohen Milstein
- Sue Guan, Albert J. Ruffo Assistant Professor of Law, Santa Clara Law
Rebecca Ojserkis, an associate in our Civil Rights & Employment practice, will speak on the panel, “Discovery Issues in Arbitration” on Saturday, November 16.
Panelists will review how parties obtain discovery in arbitration, including the scope of discovery, available forms, impact of different statutory and arbitration tribunal rules, including mandatory disclosures and differences between labor and employment arbitrations. The panel will also consider an arbitrator’s authority to issue third-party subpoenas or order depositions where the governing contract or agreement doesn’t provide for it and enforcement of subpoenas.
PANELISTS:
- Paul E. Garrison, JAMS, Oakland, CA
- Vanessa Kelly, Clark Hill, Princeton, NJ
- Wesley Kennedy, Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy, P.C., Chicago, IL
- Rebecca Ojserkis, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC
- Lauren Polk, Oracle, Denver, CO
The conference will be held on November 13–16, 2024 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City.
Harini Srinivasan, an associate in our Civil Rights & Employment practice, is a co-chair for the ABA’s 18th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference Track.
Harini will also speak on the panel, “The Care and Feeding of Experts: A Practical Perspective” on Thursday, November 14.
This panel will provide practical tips on how to select and work with experts (including considerations of privilege, document production, timing, feedback on drafts) to develop solid expert reports that will withstand Daubert challenges. The panel will also look at current trends on the use of experts in employment lawsuits, including not only statisticians, labor economists, HR consultants, I/O and clinical psychologists, and OSHA/OT experts.
PANELISTS:
- Eve Cervantez, Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, CA
- Kimberly A. Cruz, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New York, NY
- Kathleen K. Lundquist, Ph.D., APT Metrics, Norwalk, CT
- Kathryn G. Mantoan, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Portland, OR
- Harini Srinivasan, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Washington, DC
The conference will be held on November 13–16, 2024 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City.
Christine Webber, co-chair of our Civil Rights & Employment practice is a vice chair of the ABA’s 18th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference Planning Committee.
Christine will also speak on the panel, “Intelligent” Uses of Artificial Intelligence in Employment Law, on Saturday, November 16.
The panel will examine the rapidly developing area of AI in employment law and mitigating against the potential exposure regarding discrimination and retaliation.
PANELISTS:
- Willie Burden, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Washington, DC
- Charlotte Lewis Jones, Five9, Washington, DC
- Rachel See, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Washington, DC
- Miles Shultz, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC
- Christine Webber, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Washington, DC
The ABA’s 18th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference will be held on November 13–16, 2024 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City.