Labor and Employment Law Program

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As the World Turns Conference

Agenda:


DAY 1: Friday, June 5, 2009

8:30–9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00–9:15 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:15–10:40 AM Globally Aligning Compensation and Benefits

Moderator: Susan P. Serota, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York
Panelists:
  • David Dysert, Ernst &Young LLP, Cleveland
  • James P. Klein, Deloitte LLP, New York
  • Evan Howard, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto

10:40-10:55 AM Break

10:55–12:20 PM Starting Up in a New Country

Moderator: Donald C. Dowling, Jr., White & Case LLP, New York
Panelists:

  • Sally M. Sommers, The Western Union Company, Englewood (Colorado)
  • Carole Corcoran, International Crisis Group, New York
  • Jeffrey A. Margolis, The Margolis Law Firm, New York

12:30–1:45 PM Lunch

1:45–3:10 PM Non-Competes and Intellectual Property: Whose Law Applies?

Moderator: Peter A. Susser, Littler Mendelson P.C., Washington
Panelists:

  • Paul Callaghan, Taylor Wessing LLP, London
  • Jeffrey Goodman, Heenan Blaikie LLP, Montreal
  • Charles H. Kaplan, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, New York
  • Laura S. Schnell, Eisenberg & Schnell LLP, New York

3:10–3:25 PM Break

3:25–4:50 PM Cross-Border Class Action Litigation

Moderator: Peter Mantas, Heenan Blaikie LLP, Ottawa
Panelists:

  • Adam T. Klein, Outten & Golden LLP, New York
  • Michael J. Puma, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia

5:00–7:00 PM Reception


DAY 2: Saturday, June 6, 2009

8:30–9:00 PM Check-In and Continental Breakfast

9:00–9:15 PM Welcome

9:15–10:35 PM Employee Data Privacy Inside and Outside the E.U.

Moderator: Alan M. Koral, Vedder Price P.C., New York
Panelists:

  • Patrick L. Benaroche, Stikeman Elliot LLP, Montreal
  • Andrew Heaton, Ernst & Young LLP, Washington
  • Inge de Laat, Kennedy Van der Laan, Amsterdam

10:35–10:50 PM Break

10:50–12:10 PM Implementing Global Policies on Diversity and Other Core Values

Moderator: Philip M. Berkowitz, Nixon Peabody LLP, New York
Panelists:

  • Louise Patry, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Montreal
  • Ulrike Schweibert, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Frankfurt
  • Peter Talibart, Norton Rose LLP, London
  • Pearl Zuchlewski, Kraus & Zuchlewski LLP, New York

12:10–1:30 PM Organizing Global Reductions in Force: Law and Methods

Moderator: Yasmine Tarasewicz, Proskauer Rose LLP, Paris
Panelists:

  • Robert P. Lewis, Baker & Mackenzie LLP, New York
  • Salvador del Rey, Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira, S.L.P., Madrid
  • Rebecca E. White, UBS Investment Bank, Stamford

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