Events & Speaking Engagements

Employers must be keenly aware of where their employees are working and the applicable laws and ordinances. Keeping policies and procedures up to date is also an ongoing challenge. This dynamic workshop will present current legal trends and the general issues and legal mandates affecting employers.  

Autonomous vehicles bring promises of enhanced safety, boosted personal productivity time, eased traffic congestion, and improved fuel economy, among other societal benefits. So what is holding us back?

The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) resulted in an increase in trade secret claims in the last three years. Separately, while there had been a slowdown in patent litigation claims during that same time period, the last several months have seen a significant uptick in filings. Thus, it is clear that both trade secrets and patents play increasingly important roles in today’s technology-centric economy.

The False Claims Act (FCA) is one of the government’s most powerful tools, allowing for treble damages and qui tam or “whistleblowers” to bring FCA claims. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has successfully used the FCA in a wide variety of industries from healthcare to government contracting to residential mortgages. For the first time, DOJ recently issued guidance on voluntary disclosures to reduce civil penalties in FCA cases.

It is no secret that having a compliance program is a must, particularly for companies in heavily regulated industries. The existence of an “effective” compliance program is a material credit in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines; it is a factor used by enforcement agencies in determining whether to pursue criminal charges or even to pursue a matter at all; and, most importantly it can prevent wrongdoing in the first place. But, all too often companies put little thought into the design of the program and, even more frequently, pay little attention to the operation of the program.

Thankfully workplace violence is not a common occurrence in most workplaces. That said, the threat is ever present and even one act may have horrifying consequences. Though not to be down played, the catastrophic events that receive wide spread media attention are not what employers commonly encounter.

Please join Dykema employment litigators Arlene Switzer Steinfield and Elizabeth Voss for a discussion of recent developments and emerging issues in labor and employment law.

Please join Ashley Fickel, Luke Sosnicki, and Brittany Mouzourakis for a discussion about recent trends in class action litigation filed against credit unions and banks. This webinar will examine new theories of liability, potential defenses, and will compare and analyze some of the publicly-disclosed settlements reached in these cases. 

Dykema’s Federal Government Policy Team and Environmental Practice Leader will brief Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) members on the status of the recent United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the trade deal intended to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Record cash, disruptive change, aggressive new buyers, and rising valuations are making this the best time to sell in a decade. Many owners are taking advantage – but are you ready? What are the trends and valuations you need to know? What is the process to achieve an optimal outcome? How do you keep from being a deal disaster – one of the 80% that fail in self-managed M&A efforts?

Please join Dykema attorneys Ashley Fickel, Lukas Sosnicki and Ashley Jackson for a presentation about California’s new data privacy legislation, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which is set to go into effect on January 1, 2020. This sweeping new law grants California consumers the right to know what information companies collect about them, the right to “opt out” from allowing companies to sell their personal information, the right to demand that companies delete collected information, and the right to receive equal service even if consumers exercise their “opt out” right.