Wage Law

Bridgeport Continuing Education will be having a wage & hour litigation conference on December 2 & 3 in Los Angeles at UCLA's Covel Commons. I will be presenting the recent developments portion of the seminar. Registration fees are $575 until November 30, after which the fee will be $625. If you register two people, a third can attend for free. Here are the seminar details:

This one-and a half day program explores in-depth the critical aspects of Wage & Hour litigation with a focus on California and important cases such as Brinker, Sav-On, Gentry, Starbucks, Oracle and Kenneth Cole. Don't miss it!

Who Should Attend? This program is designed for both plaintiff and defense counsel and corporate counsel, litigators, counseling attorneys, insurance experts and litigation managers. The program will address Wage & Hour Litigation in the class action and non class action context.

PROGRAM AGENDA

Day One:
8:30 - 9:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:05 Introduction and Opening Remarks
9:05 - 10:10 Recent and Important Case Law & Trends
   Michael Walsh of Walsh & Walsh
10:20 - 11:20 Overtime & Misclassification
   Keith Watts of Musick, Peeler & Garrett defense
   Rene Barge of the Class Action Litigation Group plaintiff
11:30 - 12:30  FLSA Collective Actions as an Alternative to CCP382/Rule 23
   Aashish Desai of Mower Carreon & Desai
Lunch Break
1:30 - 2:30 The Status of Meal and Rest Period Law in California after Brinker
   Cathy Conway of Akin Gump
   Virginia Miller of Call Jensen & Ferrrell
   Ellyn Moscowitz of the Law Offices of Ellyn Moscowitz
   Michael Singer of Cohelan & Khoury
2:30 - 3:30 Assessing the Merits of a Case: a Roundtable Discussion of Plaintiff Counsel
   Kevin Barnes of the Law Office of Kevin Barnes
   Michael Singer of Cohelan & Khoury
3:40 - 4:30 Obtaining Insurance Coverage for Wage & Hour Claims
   Kirk Pasich of Dickstein Shapiro

Day Two:
9:00 - 10:00 Understanding and Calculating Damages
   Joseph Krock, Ph.D. of The Claro Group
10:10 - 11:05 Conducting the Self-Audit
   Arthur F. Silbergeld of Proskauer Rose
11:15 - 12:15 Defense Counsel Roundtable: A Discussion about Defense Strategy, Discovery and Settlement
   Dan Forman of Manatt, Phelps Phillips
   Lynne M. Hook of Fox Rothchild
   Michele J. Beilke of ReedSmith

To register, call Bridgeport at (818) 783-7156, or download and mail the registration form, or register online. If you are going to attend, drop us a note. Mark and I would love to meet you.