Critical Legal Strategies Session 2: Employment
Future-Proofing Your Agency: Critical Legal Strategies for Leaders
This seminar series is designed to help member CEOs, CFOs and COOs navigate the complex legal landscape while driving sustainable growth. Covering key issues such as privacy regulations, employment law, and the emerging legal and ethical issues of new technologies like generative AI, these sessions will provide actionable insights to mitigate risk and seize new opportunities. Led by Davis+Gilbert partners, each seminar will equip agency leaders with the knowledge they need to protect their business, maintain compliance, and thrive in an evolving industry.
Session 2: Employment
Every presidential administration reshapes the business landscape — and this one is no exception. Employers are facing rapid and unpredictable shifts in the employment regulatory framework resulting in numerous questions on whether and how to modify their long-standing HR programs and practices.
Join us as Davis+Gilbert attorneys address these recent legal developments and provide guidance on steps companies can take to manage business and legal risks.
Learning Outcomes:
- Shifting DEI Compliance Landscape: The latest Presidential Executive Orders on DEI and gender identity, updates from the EEOC on anti-discrimination priorities, and what they mean for employer policies and initiatives
- Workplace Rules Under the NLRB: What to expect from the National Labor Relations Board, including anticipated shifts in positions on non-competes, severance agreements, and more
- FLSA Exemption: An update on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling regarding exempt employee classification and its implications for businesses
- Workforce & Immigration Compliance: How to prepare for increased ICE audits and workplace enforcement, including I-9 compliance considerations
- State & Local Law Trends: Navigating the intersection of federal, state and city employment laws, with a breakdown of the latest developments
Speakers
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Jessica Cortes
Partner
Davis+Gilbert
Jessica Golden Cortes provides clients with comprehensive employment counsel, ensures their regulatory compliance, and resolves workplace disputes when they arise. Her clients include businesses of all sizes from startups to established multinational corporations in industries such as advertising, marketing public relations, finance, fintech and architecture, and nonprofit religious and education-focused organizations.