On Tuesday, February 24, 2009, from 2PM-4PM, Joshua Betancourt with UBS Financial Services is sponsoring a business law seminar centered on business asset protection. This includes protecting intellectual property from competitors & current & former employees, employment agreements including non-competes, non-disclosures, severance, hiring & separation. Obviously, I'll be speaking about the labor & employment law [...]
The City of Chicago's Department of Business Affairs & Licensing has set up my 5th labor & employment law seminar with them. This free seminar will be on Friday, February 20, 2009, from 9:30am-11:00am at City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St., Room 805. Like my prior seminars, this will be largely Q&A and round-table discussion. [...]
On Thursday, 12/11/08, from 8:30AM-11AM, I'll be part of the free panel seminar "Increase Your Bottom Line Through Asset Protection Solutions." Johnathan Spivey, Partner in Foley & Lardner's Intellectual Property Litigation Practice, and Bernie Leung, CEO of MESA Technology, will be my co-presenters. This free seminar is co-sponsored by IBM & MESA Tech. Breakfast is [...]
On June 20, 2008, I gave my 4th seminar in the last 2 years for the City of Chicago's Department of Business Affairs and Licensing. Like my prior seminars for them, it focused on labor and employment law for small and medium sized businesses (2-1,000 employees). The handout for this, which reflects 2008 legal changes, [...]
Earlier this year, I gave a 2 hour training session for a Chicago-based nonprofit. The training concerned progressive discipline and discharge. As typical with most of my training sessions, Q & A and role playing were emphasized. The session was conducted for middle and senior managers with supervisory responsibilities. The training also included a handout [...]
