PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

  • “Top Five Things You Need to Know Right Now on Restrictive Covenants”, panel, International Forum of Senior Executive Advisors, London, England, June, 2023.

  • “FTC Proposed Rules on Noncompete Clauses in Employment Contracts”, panel, 75th Annual Conference on Labor, NYU School of Law, New York City, June, 2023.

  • “The Rise and Demise of the Noncompete”, webinar, International Forum of Senior Executive Advisors, February, 2023.

  • “Equity Promises for Senior Executives”, panel at International Forum of Senior Executive Advisers, London, England, June, 2022.

  • Introduction of U.S. Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda, 74th Annual Conference on Labor, NYU School of Law, New York City, June, 2022.

  • “Age Discrimination in a New Age”, Panel at American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, March 2022.

  • “Employment Law Considerations for Hybrid and Remote Work”, panel at NYU Center for Labor and Employment Law, January 2022.

  • “Remote Working”, panel at American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee, March 2021.

  • “Confidential Information and Restrictive Covenant Issues for Senior Executives and Founders”, panel at International Forum of Senior Executive Advisors, February 2021.

  • “Restrictive Covenants: A Look Behind and Ahead”, panel at New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section Annual Meeting, January 2021.

  • “A Bigger Boat: Some Notes on the New Workplace Movements”, presentation at American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, 13th Annual Conference, New Orleans, November 2019.

  • “Not About You: Legal Writing As Judgment”, panel presentation at NELA\NY 2019 Fall Conference, New York City, September 2019.

  • "Witness Preparation", presentation at the 71st Annual Conference on Labor, NYU School of Law, New York City, June 2018.

  • "Negotiation Ethics", presentation at the 70th Annual Conference on Labor, NYU School of Law, New York City, June 2017.

  • "Settling Employment Disputes in Mediation", panel presentation at the 3rd Annual Employment Law Institute, New York City Bar, New York, March 2017.

  • "Witness Preparation", presentation at the 69th Annual Conference on Labor, NYU School of Law, New York City, June 2016.

  • "Deposition Skills" and "Direct Examination Skills" panel presentations at Continuing Legal Education Program for U.S. Department of Labor, New York Regional Office, presented by NYU Center for Labor and Employment Law, April 2016.

  • "How to Survive and Thrive in an e-Discovery World", panel presentation at ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee, New Orleans, March 2016.

  • "Policies and Practices to Protect Confidential Information" panel at Ninth Annual Conference, ABA Labor and Employment Section, Philadelphia, November 2015.

  • "Employees vs. Independent Contractors" panel, NYU 68th Annual Conference on Labor, June 2015.

  • "Case Management" panel at NYU Institute for Judicial Administration, Program on Employment Law for Federal Judges, March 2015.

  • “Litigation Skills Theatre” panel at Eighth Annual Conference, ABA Labor and Employment Section, Los Angeles, November 2014.

  • “The NSA is (likely) Watching You - Privacy and Data Security and the Rise of Cyber Theft” panel at ABA Annual Meeting, Boston, August 2014.

  • “Social Media and Employee Privacy” panel, National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference, Boston, June 2014.

  • “Social Media Discovery – Hashtags to Legal Holds” panel at American Bar Association National Symposium on Technology and Labor and Employment Law, May 2014.

  • “Plaintiff Perspective” panel, ABA National Session on E-Discovery, New York, April 2014.

  • Chapter Editor, Workplace Data: Law and Litigation, Bloomberg BNA 2013.

  • “Representing Individual Employees” panel, NYU Center for Labor and Employment Law, New York January 2014.

  • “Cross Examination : The ‘Ten Commandments’ Reconsidered”, panel at the Seventh Annual Conference, ABA Labor and Employment Section, New Orleans, November, 2013.

  • “Choosing Your Technology” panel at ABA Seventh Annual National Institute on E-Discovery, New York, April 2013.

  • “Scripting Client Contact with Represented Parties” ABA Labor and Employment Section, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, Miami, March 2013.

  • “Age Discrimination”, NYU Institute for Judicial Administration, Program on Employment Law for Federal Judges, March 2013.

  • “Opening Statements”, panel at Sixth Annual Conference, ABA Labor and Employment Section, Atlanta, November 2012.

  • “Employment Law and Social Media”, Panel Discussions at ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 2012.

  • “Effective Presentations” panel, ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee, Las Vegas, April 2012.

  • “Restatement of Employment Law (privacy chapter)”, panel at NYU Institute for Judicial Administration, Program on Employment Law for Federal Judges, March 2012.

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  • “Employment Law and Social Media”, panel at ABA Labor and Employment Section Annual Conference, Seattle, November 2011
  • “Investigating and Forgetting on the Web”, panel at ABA National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law. New York, New York. April 2011
  • ”Law and Limits of Social Media in the IPad Age”, panel at ABA Labor and Employment Section, Committee on Employee Rights and Responsibilities. San Juan, Puerto Rico. March 2011
  • “Claims Against Employees”, panel at Workshop on Employment Law for Federal Judges, NYU Center for Labor and Employment Law. New York, New York. March, 2011
  • “Depositions in Employment Cases: Tips and Techniques”, panel at ALI-ABA Webinar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. February, 2011
  • "Is Big Brother Watching?: Employer Monitoring of Employees", panel at ABA Labor and Employment Section 4th Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois. November 2010.
  • "It's Thirty Days Before Trial", moderator of panel at National Employment Lawyers Association/New York Fall Conference. New York, New York. October 2010.
  • “With Friends Like These: Clients, Witnesses and the Social Media” paper delivered at ABA Annual Meeting, Presidential Showcase Panel. San Francisco, California. August, 2010.
  • Advocate Witness Rule, panel at ABA Labor and Employment Section, Committee on Ethics and Professionalism. San Diego, California. March 2010.
  • Restrictive Covenants, panel at ABA Labor and Employment Section 3rd Annual Conference. Washington, D.C. November 2009.
  • Employment Issues Related to Financial Crisis, panel at ABA Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. August 2009.
  • Conflicts of Interest and Withdrawal, panel at ABA Labor and Employment Section, Committee on Ethics and Professionalism. Key West, Florida. March, 2009.
  • Participant, Mock Trial, ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law, 2008 Annual CLE Conference. Denver, Colorado. September, 2008
  • “Strategies for Navigating in an E-Discovery World”, panel discussion at ABA 2008 Annual Meeting. New York, New York. August 2008
  • “Going Somewhere? – Notes on Restrictive Covenant Practice in New York”, panel discussion at National Employment Lawyers Association/New York Spring 2008 Conference. Hunter, New York. May 2008
  • “Idea for a Horror Film: ESI Meets the Hearsay Rule” panel discussion ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee 2008 Midwinter Meeting. Monarch Beach, California. April 2008
  • “Electronic Discovery: What’s Permitted”, panel discussion ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law, 2007 Annual CLE Conference. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November, 2007
  • "Notes on E-Discovery Practice Under the Amended Rules", paper delivered at ABA Technology and the Workplace Committee midyear meeting. New York, New York. April 26, 2007
  • "Electronic Discovery", CLE program for federal law clerks in Second Circuit. New York, New York. April 18, 2007
  • "On the Trail of Electronically Stored Information", panel discussion at ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Midwinter Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. March 2007
  • "Plain Talk About Direct Examination", paper delivered at joint ABA Labor and Employment Section / NYU Law Center for Labor Law and Policy Workshop on Litigation Skills for the Employment Lawyer, New York University School of Law. February, 2007
  • "Electronic Discovery After Zubulake and Under the New Federal Rules", ABA Labor and Employment Section National CLE Teleconference. October 2006
  • Mock Oral Argument on Electronic Discovery, ABA Labor and Employment Section, ABA Annual Meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii. August 2006
  • "Electronic Discovery: Considerations for Employment Plaintiffs", published in Litigating Employment Discrimination & Sexual Harassment Claims, 2006, (Practicing Law Institute, 2006)
  • "Don't Touch That File: Electronic Discovery After Zubulake", ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. March 2006
  • "Employment Contracts, Actually" The Practical Lawyer (ALI-ABA). February 2006
  • "Electronic Discovery: Considerations for Employment Plaintiffs", panel discussion at New York State Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment Law. January 2006
  • "Restatement of Employment Law – Contracts" panel discussion, Seminar on Employment Law for State Court Judges, NYU Institute for Judicial Administration. November 2005
  • "Cybersmear," panel discussion, ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting. Key Biscayne, Florida. March 2005
  • Contributor, Practice Commentaries: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 2nd Ed. (Nat. Inst. Trial Advocacy, 2004), also published online as Lexis Practice Commentaries and on CD in Lexis U.S. Code Service.
  • "Employment Contracts, Basically," paper delivered at ABA Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia. August 2004
  • "Electronic Discovery: Considerations for Employment Plaintiffs" paper delivered at National Employment Lawyers Association. New York, Spring Conference. March 2004
  • "Cost Shifting in Electronic Discovery," paper delivered ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting. Palm Springs, California. March 2004
  • Contributor, Depositions and Discovery: Practice Commentaries and Statutes (Nat. Inst. Trial Advocacy, 2003)
  • "Getting to Less: Submission of Briefs on CD-ROM," The Practical Lawyer (ALI-ABA). March 2003
  • Contributor, Practice Commentaries: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Nat. Inst. Trial Advocacy, 2001) , also published online as Lexis Practice Commentaries and on CD in Lexis U.S. Code Service
  • "Employment Contracts, Basically," paper delivered at ABA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California. August 2003
  • "I Spy: High Tech Surveillance in the Workplace," panel discussion, ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico. March 2003
  • "Getting to Less: Submission of Legal Briefs on CD-ROM," paper delivered ABA Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C. August 2002
  • "I Guess You Had to Be There: Is Work From Home a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA?," paper delivered ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. March 2002
  • "Internet Firewalls and Other Technology Issues", panel discussion, ABA Annual Meeting, Labor and Employment Section. Chicago, Illinois. August 2001
  • "Developments in the Law of Restrictive Covenants", paper delivered at National Employment Lawyers Association, New York Chapter, Spring Conference. New York, NY. March 2001
  • "Emerging Issues in the Discovery of Electronic Documents," paper delivered ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee 2001 Midwinter Meeting. St. Petersburg, Florida. March, 2001
  • "When the Tango Takes Three: Restrictive Covenants Reconsidered," ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Newsletter, Vol 5, No. 2, Fall 2000
  • "Employment Contracts, Basically," presentation at ABA Annual Meeting. New York, New York. August 2000
  • "Getting the Message: Discovery of Email Communications," paper delivered at ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee 2000 Midwinter Meeting. La Jolla, California. March 2000