Live Webinars

In California, the Private Attorneys General Act PAGA poised to become the next "it" claim in wage and hour litigation? This program will explore the ever changing PAGA landscape, offering practitioner insight into how best to prepare for the anticipated uptick of representative action litigation.

This program will focus on the Procedural Issues and Nuts and Bolts of PAGA. This panel will provide a full picture of what PAGA is, what violations give rise to PAGA liability, how PAGA claims are brought and litigated, and what remedies are available through PAGA.  The panel will describe:  the current procedure for exhausting a PAGA claim with the LWDA (including 2016 amendments); the potential involvement of the LWDA in investigating claims; the relationship between PAGA claims and class action principles; the state of the law on whether PAGA claims are “individual” or “representative” in nature; and how PAGA penalties are calculated.  The second part of the webinar will concentrate on calculating and arguing for PAGA penalties.
 

Gender Issues in the Practice of Law will be an open forum discussion of issues faced by women inside and outside of the courtroom.  The faculty includes women from all facets of law, including judges, partners in big law firms, and solo practitioners.  

The program will feature two distinctive, but connected roundtable discussions. The first hour will focus on matters within the practice of law in law firms or other legal departments. The second area of discussion will focus on courtroom issues. An example of topics to be addressed include such issues as maintaining partnership track, pay equity, and experiences unique to women inside and outside the courtroom.  The goal is to have a transparent discussion that helps and encourages women in a safe environment. Questions will be encouraged from audience members.

Wage and hour collective and class litigation continues to dominate employment-related lawsuit filings in federal court in Florida, similar to its red hot status around the country and in large states, like California.  Despite nearly two decades of such litigation activity and increasing employer sophistication with compliance, new and novel issues continue to emerge in terms of litigation and compliance, presenting challenges for even seasoned employment law practitioners, corporate counsel and human resources personnel.  The consistently changing legal landscape of wage and hour litigation requires that counsel for employees and employers alike keep abreast of the most recent developments in the law.  Hot issues include the growing focus on exemptions for commissioned employees working in retail or service establishments (the so-called 7(i) exemption), developments in who is an employee versus an independent contractor, and who employs such workers, and continued evolution in the understanding of tips and tip pooling arrangements.  This program will provide participants with an update on these developments and advice on litigation and compliance, a view on wage and hour issues from the plaintiff and defense perspective.

This program begins at 4:00 p.m. eastern.

Where do I clock-in now? A discussion about remote employee compliance with timekeeping policies and other current off-the-clock work topics in the Covid era will feature a panel of experts discussing compensable time issues raised by Covid across industries, as well as existing common areas of dispute (e.g., security checks, walking/travel time, computer boot-up, driving, and donning and doffing PPE.) The panel will present case studies, research findings regarding employee timekeeping behavior, and research from the employer’s perspective. In addition, panelists will share strategies to reduce the risk of violations and maintain employee timekeeping compliance in a range of workplace environments.

Bridgeport's Deposition Workshop is now a series of three teleConferences! Each teleConference is tied together and will include concepts relating to conducting and defending depositions in the era of Covid-19. The ability to plan and take outstanding depositions determines the value of your case, the outcome of dispositive motions, and who wins at trial. From developing the big picture down to formulating the narrowest questions, learn from a faculty of noted trial attorneys that has conducted more than 5,000 depositions. For many clients, your depositions are their only day in court. Make every question count! Learn techniques used by the best trial lawyers to get the most out of every deposition.

The first installment in this series will feature a lively talk on the fundamentals of depositions and will cover noticing, preparing, strategic approaches and much more. We will also cover a unique approach to preparing witnesses for depositions, both live and remote.