One week from today, I’ll be flying solo at a presentation to the Connecticut Bar Association’s Annual Meeting. Entitled "Up in the Air & In the "Cloud": Social Media & Employment Law", this session will discuss the basics of some of the major social media sites (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) plus preview what else is
CBA Labor & Employment Quarterly Now Online
The Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Section (led by my colleague Joshua Hawks-Ladds) has begun posting its quarterly newsletter online. I expect to see more of this as the CBA moves to a new website next month.
In the meantime, you can check out the latest issue here. It features articles on:
- Attorneys
CBA Labor & Employment Law Committee Meeting with New CHRO Executive Director
Kudos to Robert Brothers, the new Executive Director of the CHRO, for agreeing to meet with the Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Committee. It is now set for February 25, 2010 at 6 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza in Cromwell, Connecticut. Full details are available here as well as instructions on how you
Informal Breakfast with NLRB Regional Director – (Part I) What’s Going On
The Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Section sponsored an informal breakfast with NLRB (Region 34) Regional Director Jonathan Kreisberg earlier today to talk about various issues in the labor arena. (Also in attendance were John Cotter, Deputy Regional Director and Terri Craig, Supervisory Attorney). 
It was a terrific session with lots of substantive and
Ricci v. DeStefano – Attorneys for Both Parties Put Their Spin on Decision & Its Impact for Employers
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Over 100 people packed the Grand Courtroom of the Quinnipiac University School of Law last night 
to hear a panel presentation and discussion on the Ricci v. DeStefano case decided earlier this year by the United States Supreme Court.
The event, sponsored, in part by the Young Lawyers Section of the Connecticut Bar Association
Connecticut Bar Association Schedules Program on “Discrimination Claims After Ricci v. DeStefano”
Credit the Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section with landing all the major players in the Ricci v. DeStefano case for a panel discussion on August 18,
2009 at Quinnipiac University School of Lawl.
Full program details are available at the CBA’s website, including registration.
The panel brings together both the attorney representing
Choosing the Fork in the Road: Second Circuit Upholds Collective Bargaining Agreement Between CHRO and its Union Mandating Employees Elect Their Remedy (Court or Arbitration)
It’s always interesting when the state agency responsible for enforcing discrimination claims is sued for discrimination itself. It’s even more interesting when the agency takes a position that is opposite of the view of the EEOC. But a case decided on July 7th by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals sets up that scenario.
The
Becoming a Labor and Employment Law Attorney – Program by Connecticut Bar Association
I’ve sometimes been asked how I became a labor and employment attorney. For me, it was a bit by chance, having been assigned some of that work out of law school at my new firm.
However, for those people who want more enlightenment 
on the subject, the Labor & Employment Committee of the Young Lawyers Section
The Legality of Personality Tests for New Hires
The Connecticut Lawyer has an interesting article in the last month on the Legality of Personality Tests under the ADA. 
The article, written by Connecticut Bar Association member Joshua Hawks-Ladds, "explores the ADA’s impact on personality testing in the workplace, and discusses what type of assessment tools will withstand ADA scrutiny and when these tools can