This program will cover the benefits and risks of mandatory arbitration agreements for all employees, the impact of the recent attacks on those agreements by the California Legislature with the passage and Governor’s signing of AB 51 and SB 707, the decision of the California Supreme Court in Oto LLC v. Kho (September, 2019), and what employers need to do currently to prepare and implement enforceable arbitration agreements.
Michelle Rapoport is a shareholder with Littler Mendelson, the largest U.S.-based law firm exclusively devoted to representing management in employment and labor law matters. She concentrates her practice on discrimination and harassment, wrongful termination, and wage and hour class action claims. She is an experienced litigator who represents companies in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, logistics, retail, and health care. In addition, Michelle counsels employers on a variety of issues, including disability accommodations, leaves of absence, employee discipline, employee handbooks and general employment policies and procedures.
Richard S. Falcone specializes in the representation of management in all aspects of employment and labor law and litigation. He regularly appears before state and federal courts and administrative agencies and focuses his practice on: Wrongful termination, Discrimination claims of every nature, Sexual harassment, Wage and hour, Trade secrets misappropriation and unfair competition, Labor relations, Occupational safety and health, Workplace violence restraining orders. Rich also counsels and advises employers on all issues arising under state and federal employment and labor relations laws, including: Litigation avoidance, Employee terminations, Workplace investigations, Drafting compensation and severance packages, Protection of proprietary information, Reductions-in-force, Workplace violence, Employee training. Rich has achieved many significant results in litigation on behalf of his clients during his 30 years of practice, including several cases in which he represented a national grocery chain. In the first, he obtained a motion to declare the plaintiff a vexatious litigant, and in the second, the court dismissed the case and awarded the client recovery of some of its attorney's fees. He also handled a case for a major bank, in which he obtained the dismissal of a wage and hour class action, and another in which the court granted his motion for summary judgment, dismissing the case and awarding the client recovery of its costs.
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