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Overview:

Whether you’re new to in-house, looking to broaden your topical awareness, or just need to beat the August compliance deadline, we’re excited to offer you a rapid –fire, multi-hour survey of essential in-house topics.

Seven CLE programming hours for the event will be brought to you by the Chapter’s 2023 top sponsors: Ogletree Deakins; Babst Calland; Cozen O'Connor; Fisher Phillips; Fox Rothschild; Porter Wright; and Saul Ewing.

In addition, we’re pleased to bring to you a legal technology update by EY Law during the lunch break.

Six hours of PA substantive cle credit and one hour of PA ethics cle credit will be offered.

Event Schedule:

Registration and Breakfast - 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
     
Donation drop offs accepted for Dress For Success.

Program - 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Lunch & Legal Technology Session - 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Program - 1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Networking - 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

 

ACC WPA Back to School Program Topics and Speaker Biographies

John E. Pueschel and Ashley Kutz Kelley (Womble Bond Dickinson)
2 pages

This article discusses the Supreme Court's decision in Groff v. DeJoy which requires employers to show a higher degree of hardship to deny employee requests for religious accommodation.

Carol R. Ashley, Laura A. Ahrens & Emma R. Graham (Jackson Lewis P.C.)
3 pages

This article discussed the U.S. Supreme Court's recent 6-3 decision that the use of race in admissions by Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC) is unconstitutional.

Patricia Anderson Pryor, Katharine C. Weber, Andrew F. Maunz & Tara K. Burke (Jackson Lewis P.C.)
1 pages

This article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision that “clarified” and changed the religious accommodation standard under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that employers and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have relied upon for more than 46 years.

Association of Corporate Counsel

The US Supreme Court decision of June 29, 2023 in Groff v DeJoy makes it harder for employers to decline religious accommodation requests.

Molly Gabel and Nicolas A. Lussier (Seyfarth Shaw LLP)
4 pages

This article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Groff v. DeJoy which clarifies that for employers to deny accommodation to an employee under Title VII, they must demonstrate "substantial increased costs" in conducting their business, a definition going beyond "de minimis" hardship. However, the Court refrained from undermining Title VII’s
special statutory protection for seniority systems.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Region: United States
Brooke C. Bahlinger, William N. Lawther, Pauline R. Wizig (Foley & Lardner LLP)
2 pages

This article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous June 29, 2023 decision on Groff v. DeJoy, clarifying employers’ obligations to accommodate employees’ religious practices.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Region: United States
Dawn Solowey, Lynn Kappelman, and Darien Harris (Seyfarth Shaw LLP)
6 pages

This article discusses the unanimous US Supreme Court decision that has effectively disavowed the long-standing de minimis standard in Groff v. Dejoy, clarifying Title VII's undue hardship standard to mean "substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business."

ACC Houston Health Law and L&E Practice Groups CLE Webinar
The Risks and Benefits of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning to In-House Counsel, in Health Care and L&E Compliance
July 26, 2023 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | 1.00 HRS CREDIT CLE (TX)

Join us for a program with key subject matter experts that will dive into the major risks and benefits that in-house counsel face when addressing health care and labor/employment compliance issues resulting from the recent unprecedented boom in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and internet of things in the health care and other key Houston industries.

Christy Kiely, Annette Tyman, Loren Gesinsky, and Camille Olson (Seyfarth Shaw LLP)
8 pages

This article discusses the Supreme Court's decision that colleges and universities may no longer consider race as part of the college admissions process, and the future effects it could have for private employers and corporate DEI initiatives.

Resource Details
Region: United States
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