Location and forum selection matter when determining your best litigation strategy. Hear expert panelist from both sides of the employment bar share tactical insight about the considerations that should factor into your choice of law and arbitration provisions, as well as those that arise when dealing with protecting your client’s rights in a separation or claim involving imposition of or breach of restrictive covenants or improper disclosure of trade secrets. Strategy is more essential than ever with an increasingly global remote workforce. Bring your questions and join the dialogue!
Course Content
12:00 - 12:05 pm - Welcome and Introduction12:05 - 12:15 pm - Employment Litigation & Counseling in a Remote Workplace: General overview / claims / considerations
Mark Macchi, Esq.,
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP, Boston
12:15 - 12:35 pm - Overview of Choice of Law / Forum Selection Precedent
Michaela May, Esq.,
Bennett & Belfort, PC, Cambridge
12:35 - 1:20 pm - Employment Litigation & Counseling in a Remote Workplace: Employee Life Cycle
HiringWorking ConditionsTermination
Arielle B. Kristan, Esq.,
Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP, Boston
Mark Macchi, Esq.,
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP, Boston
Michaela May, Esq.,
Bennett & Belfort, PC, Cambridge
1:20 - 1:40 pm - Remote Workplace: Litigation
Forum/Venue Selection Challenges to forum/venue selectionArbitration - when to pursue, how to challengeChoice of law/application of law
Arielle B. Kristan, Esq.,
Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP, Boston
Mark Macchi, Esq.,
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP, Boston
Michaela May, Esq.,
Bennett & Belfort, PC, Cambridge
1:40 - 2:00 pm - Employment Litigation & Counseling in a Remote Workplace: Practice Points / Traps for the Unwary
Caution with form agreements Awareness of different state implicationsKnow where your employees are! Policies about employee location Effect of no Chevron deference
Speaker(s)
CochairsArielle B. Kristan, Esq.,
Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP, Boston
Michaela May, Esq.,
Bennett & Belfort, PC, Cambridge
Faculty
Mark Macchi, Esq.,
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP, Boston
