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Event Information
Video Replay: 39th Annual NC/SC Labor & Employment Conference
January 30, 2024 - January 31, 2024
Credits
N/A
MCLE: 10.50
Ethics: 1.00
SAMH: 1.00
EMPLOY: 9.50
Pricing
Dates
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - Wednesday, January 31, 2024Time
8:30 AM - 1:00 PMRegistration Deadline
Monday, January 29, 2024
Join us on January 30th
and January 31st for a video replay of the 39th Annual
North Carolina/South Carolina Labor & Employment Law Conference.
This advanced level
program will include annual presentations and updates as well as hot topics in
employment and labor law.
Highlights:
- Supreme Court Review
- Fourth Circuit Update
- Importance of investigations in
employment litigation
- Tips from the bench panel
- False claims in employment
dispute
- Tips for arguing remote
- Regulatory issues impacting
employee agreements
- PUMP Act and Pregnant Workers
Fairness Act
- Annual NC and SC Update
- Ethics and mental health
awareness for employment law practitioners
This program qualifies for 10.50 MCLE credit hours including up to 1.0 LEPR and 1.0 SA/MH credit hours. This program also qualifies for 9.5 ELL specialization credit hours. SC Commission on CLE 241636
Day 1 only qualifies for 6.75 MCLE and 1.0 SA/MH; 5.75 ELL Sp. Credit
Day 2 only qualifies for 3.75 MCLE and 1.0 LEPR; 3.75 Ell Sp. Credit
Seminar Locations
Attendees can register to attend in person at the SC Bar Conference Center in Columbia, or one of the 3 other locations listed below. All 4 sites count as "in-person" MCLE hours. Please make your selection during the registration process.
- Columbia-SC Bar Conference Center, 1501 Park Street
- Charleston- Charleston School of Law, 385 Meeting St. Room 102
- Greenville- Olgetree Deakins, 300 N. Main Street, Greenville, SC 29601
- Spartanburg- FordHarrison, 100 Dunbar Street Suite 300, Spartanburg, SC 29306
The South Carolina Bar is an accredited CLE provider in South Carolina only. Attorneys are responsible for seeking their own credit in other jurisdictions.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in CLE programs and publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the South Carolina Bar, its sections, or committees. The South Carolina Bar believes that all Bar members have the right to both meaningful learning and to the exchange of ideas in a civil environment. The Bar reserves the right to remove or exclude any person from a Bar event if that person is causing inappropriate disturbance, behaving in a manner inconsistent with accepted standards of decorum, or in any way preventing fellow Bar members from meaningful participation and learning.
Registration Fees
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Agenda
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Columbia 1501 Park Street Columbia, SC 29201 |
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Greenville 300 N.Main Street Greenville, SC 29601 1st Floor Conference Room |
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Spartanburg 100 Dunbar Street Suite300 Spartanburg, SC 29306 |
Speakers
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Policy
Walk-In Registration Fee:
An additional walk-in
registration fee of $50 will be applied to registrations the day of the program
upon arrival at the registration site. This fee is intended to cover the
additional administrative costs associated with on-site registrations.
Need to cancel or transfer your registration? Simply notify us in writing no later than 24 hours prior to the published start time of the seminar at registrar@scbar.org. You will be eligible to receive a full refund, be transferred to the live webcast or archived on-demand version of the same seminar, if available, or to a live or archived seminar of equal or lesser value. If you need to cancel within 24 hours of the start time of a program, you are eligible to take the program in its archived, on-demand format, if available. Neither transfers to the live webcast, nor refunds will be issued for cancellations made within 24 hours of a seminar start time.
Continuing Education
Agenda
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
8:15am Registration
8:40 am Welcome
and Opening Remarks
8:45-9:45 Supreme Court Review and
Update
Paul E. Smith, Patterson
Harkavy LLP, Chapel Hill, NC
9:45-10:30 Investigations 201- The
Importance of Investigations in Employment Litigations
D. Michael Henthorne, Olgetree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Columbia,
SC
B. Shawan Gillians, Santee Cooper, Moncks Corner, SC
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Mental Health Awareness for the
Employment Law Practitioner
April Harris-Britt, Ph. D., AHB Center for
Behavioral Health & Wellness, Durham, NC
11:45-1:00 Lunch
Break (on your own)
1:00-2:00 Fourth
Circuit Update
Sean F. Herrmann, Herrmann
& Murphy, PLLC, Charlotte, NC
Florence C. Thompson, Jackson Lewis P.C., Charlotte, NC
2:00-3:00 Panel: Tips from the Bench
The
Honorable L. Patrick Auld, U.S. District Court, Middle District of N.C
The Honorable Molly Cherry, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of
S.C.
The Honorable Clifton Newman, S.C. Circuit Court
Moderator: Samantha E. Albrecht, Burnette, Shutt & McDaniel PA, Columbia,
SC
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:15 The False Claims Act Case Lurking in Your Employment Dispute Christopher P. Kenney,
Chris Kenney Law, Columbia, SC
Johanna C. Valenzuela, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Columbia, SC
4:15-5:15 Being and Effective Advocate Through a Webcam: Tips for Arguing
Remote
The Honorable Catherine C. Eagles, U.S.
District Court, Middle District of N.C.
The Honorable Stephanie P. McDonald, S.C. Court of Appeals, Charleston, SC
Richard “Rick” Krenmayer, Stasmayer, Inc. Charleston, SC
Moderator: Andrea L. McDonald, Womble Bond Dickson (US) LLP, Charleston, SC
5:15 Adjourn
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
8:15 Registration
8:45
-9:45 Attorney Client Privilege in
Employment Law (Ethics)
Virginia M. Wooten, Ogletree Deakins, Charlotte,
NC
9:45-10:30 Pending Regulatory Issues
Impacting Employment Agreements
Shannon R. Meares, Regional
Attorney, NLRB
William J. McMahon, IV, Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete, LLP, Winston
Salem, NC
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 New Legislation and Its Impact on
the Workforce: Overview of the PUMP Act and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Grant Burnette LeFever,
Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, Columbia, SC
Denise Smith Cline, Denise Smith Cline, PLLC, Raleigh, NC
Shannon M. Polvi, Cromer Babb, Porter & Hicks, LLC, Columbia, SC
L. Diane Tindall, Wyrick Robins Yates & Ponton, Raleigh, NC
11:45-12:45 South Carolina State and District
Court Update
George A. Reeves III, Fisher
& Phillips, Columbia, SC
12:45 Adjourn