Events & Speaking Engagements

It is not just about the hashtags like #MeToo, #TimesUp, #AllRaise and #MentorHer. The landscape for employers is changing as quickly as internet speeds allow. Not only is it a mistake for employers to fail to take claims of harassment seriously – even if the complaint seems to be “stale” – but employers need to be aware of other changes on the horizon. These changes are taking place through the courts, state and federal legislatures and popular culture.

Please join Dykema employment litigators for a discussion of the challenges and legal obligations faced by employers as a result of the #MeToo movement and the circumstances that led to the movement. Employers are obligated to develop strong anti-harassment policies that include comprehensive complaint procedures. Effective remedial measures must be taken when the facts confirm that inappropriate workplace conduct has occurred.

In recent years, companies have encountered an increased need to conduct internal investigations to address allegations in many areas, including harassment and other employment concerns; government fraud and False Claims Act issues; breaches of codes of ethics; and violations of state and federal laws in regulated industries. But as demonstrated in the Manafort charges, protecting attorney-client privilege has become more perilous and prone to attack.

Please join Dykema for a discussion on Illinois’ law on biometric privacy, the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).

Please join Dykema for a discussion on the new amendments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s Dodd-Frank Act mortgage servicing rules relating to treatment of heirs and other “successors in interest.” These rules, which take effect April 19, 2018, will impose a number of new obligations on mortgage servicers.

Dykema lawyer and Leader of the Firm's Environmental Practice Group, Grant Gilezan, will speak at the 2012 Motor Vehicle Metals & Resins Conference. The event, which is co-sponsored by Dykema, takes place on May 17, 2012 at the Hilton Doubletree Dearborn.

Each year, for the last several years, approximately 2 million workers in the United States claim to have experienced a workplace violence incident. The type of violence ranges from aggressive verbal behavior to active shooters. One FBI study cited 160 active shooting incidents that occurred from 2000 to 2013 with 80% happening in the workplace. The majority of the shooters were not employed with the company where the acts took place.

While California employers were busy keeping pace with changes that took effect in 2017, the California legislature were hard at work drafting and adding a number of new laws, many of which take effect in early 2018. Employers must now turn to the new year and begin preparing for the next set of employment laws poised to go into effect.

Since Dykema’s program one year ago, there have been major developments in federal and state legislation, regulation and policies for Highly-Automated Vehicles (HAV), including the all-new Department of Transportation HAV Policy 2.0, supplanting the one issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the Obama Administration. Moreover, federal legislation has been introduced in the United States Senate for HAV.

Dykema is pleased to co-sponsor the 20th Annual compliance seminar in conjunction with the HFMA Eastern Michigan Chapter and the HCCA. Experienced attorneys from Dykema's Health Care Group will address a variety of key health care compliance issues, with a particular emphasis on practical application.

Please join Dykema for a discussion on one of the most complex human resources topics: conducting investigations. One method to help clarify rights and obligations when workplace problems are encountered is to conduct a fact-based investigation in such a way to allow you to make sound employment decisions and to mitigate legal risks.

Please join Dykema for a discussion regarding environmental litigation, with a focus on key aspects of cost recovery litigation under federal and state statutes and tort litigation.

This workshop will be a moderated discussion regarding conducting effective workplace investigations. The one thing that is clear about employment law claims and issues, is that nothing is clear. One method to help clarify rights and obligations when workplace problems are encountered, is to conduct a fact-based investigation in such a way to allow you to make sound employment decisions.

Celebrate Halloween with Howard B. Iwrey, Chair of Dykema’s Antitrust and Trade Regulation Group! He will explore how spooky documents, scary emails and testimony from goblin witnesses can change the course of a transaction or case in unexpected and frightening ways. But with every trick, there is a treat. We will also discuss ways counsel can avoid these legal nightmares.

The hurricanes encountered thus far in 2017 in the U.S. – Harvey, Irma and Maria – will be remembered for their intensity and for the extensive damage they have inflicted. Recovering from the challenges caused by these natural disasters requires careful and ongoing attention to various legal hurdles including insurance coverage, business interruption, and property loss claims, among others. 

Beginning in May 2018, Europe will have a new privacy law in place called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Many U.S.-based companies are surprised to find they must also comply with the law or risk facing huge fines. This webinar will help in-house legal departments and compliance professionals understand whether GDPR is applicable to your company, discuss details of the new requirements and potential legal challenges, and provide practical steps you can put in place now to ensure you are in compliance by May 2018.