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Video Replay: 39th Annual NC/SC Labor & Employment Conference

January 30, 2024 - January 31, 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

Non Member Tuesday and Wednesday
$525.00
Non Member Tuesday Only
$325.00
Non Member Wednesday Only
$225.00
SC Bar Certified Paralegal
$125.00
SC Bar Member Tuesday Only
$325.00
SC Bar Member Wednseday Only
$225.00
SC Bar Memebr Tuesday and Wednesday
$525.00
Price Description Amount

Agenda

  Columbia
1501 Park Street Columbia, SC 29201
  Greenville
300 N.Main Street Greenville, SC 29601 1st Floor Conference Room
  Spartanburg
100 Dunbar Street Suite300 Spartanburg, SC 29306

Speakers

NameOrganizationSpeaking At

Policy

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

 

 

 

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