Lunch & General Session: Before the Courts
The US courts and the cases they hear provide a window into how the hot issues of the day are affecting work, workers and the workplace. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent, Ari Melber, hosts a discussion between a nationally-known management attorney and a noted plaintiff attorney about the latest trends and legal issues affecting the workplace and where the courts are taking them.
You’ll hear:
- The latest legal strategies attorneys and litigants are pursuing as they argue workplace cases in court.
- Trends in litigation – which employment laws are seeing an uptick in cases.
- How the national conversation on #MeToo and other issues are affecting court case outcomes.
Ari Melber
Ari Melber is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, writer and attorney. He serves as Chief Legal Correspondent for MSNBC, covering the Justice Department, Supreme Court, FBI, prominent court cases and national legal issues. In 2017, Melber began hosting his own show on MSNBC: The Beat and in 2018 The Beat averaged 1.5 million viewers per night, setting an MSNBC record for the 6 PM time slot in its first year on air. |
Samantha C. Grant
Samantha represents employers in administrative, arbitration and trial proceedings in labor and employment matters, including single-plaintiff, class and collective actions. She has extensive experience litigating discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, breach of contract, fraud, defamation, trade secret, covenants not to compete, and unfair competition cases, among others. She also advises clients on litigation avoidance strategies and local, state and federal compliance matters, as well as conducts management and workforce training. The insight and experience she gained while on a two-year secondment, as in-house employment counsel for a Fortune 50 company, was invaluable in her becoming a particularly pragmatic outside counsel.
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