The premier employment discrimination litigation conference devoted entirely to the defense of claims, led by an unparalleled faculty of in-house counsel, federal judges, and the top outside counsel defense litigators and firms.
The volume of employment discrimination litigation has greatly increased over the last few years with no signs of slowing down. The cases are complex and the stakes involved for defendants are exceptionally high. The best plaintiff attorneys are involved in these cases and the defense bar is seeing more and more class actions and collective claims. In defending and managing these complex claims, counsel for management face a distinct uphill battle. As a result of this uphill battle, there is simply no room for error in the defense of these claims.
In response, American Conference Institute s 2nd National Forum on Defending and Managing Employment Discrimination Litigation will cover such issues including:
Overly-aggressive tactics and even abusive practices by opposing counsel that have made the defense of cases significantly more expensive, adding exposure to employers
Credibility of company and management witnesses in front of the jury, and turnover in the workplace leading to key witnesses or decision makers being no longer with the employer
Jury communication and advocacy in employment discrimination cases: Humanizing the employer, and overcoming sympathy for plaintiffs and bias against companies
Varying extremes in jurisdictions (e.g. federal or state, liberal or conservative state)
Admissibility of evidence: Ensuring that evidence doesn t overwhelm the defense s case on the merits Me too, discriminatory motive, mixed motive, witness credibility and turnover, and beyond
A View from the Bench: Judges speak out on how to convey complexities to a court (including parameters of and changes to the law), effective theories/defenses, evidentiary approaches, statute of limitations, deciding cases early, discovery, forum shopping and more
