As the Delta variant runs rampant, employers continue to struggle with the many significant employment impacts of COVID-19, both direct and indirect. The Kelley Drye Labor and Employment group has continued to monitor fast-changing developments and the ever-evolving guidance in response. With a pandemic that is not nearly behind us, what should employers do regarding vaccination, accommodations for those who can’t get vaccinated, employee privacy issues in connection with proof of vacci...

Standing up and fortifying your company’s privacy program is serious business, particularly when new (and varying) privacy laws keep getting added to the books, and your day job to-do list isn’t getting any shorter. The speakers will discuss:   Practical insights on how the next generation of technology solutions are designed to account for the pains and gains of the past What programmatic privacy can actually mean Considerations for where and how to harm...

PFAS belong to a class of man-made chemicals known as perfluorinated compounds. There are thousands of PFAS chemicals in use and in the environment today. These chemicals include perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS), perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), perfluorohexanesulfonate (PFHxS), and HFPO dimer acid (GenX). PFAS were originally developed in the 1940s, and put in...

In this session, our communications attorneys review the state of the federal Universal Service Fund.  The session provides an in-depth look at all four USF programs and the USF contribution mechanism, highlighting major developments in the last year and trends for the upcoming year.  In addition, this year we will discuss how the ongoing pandemic has influenced the importance of the USF and related policy decisions. This webinar supplements the knowledge our clients gain from ...

This presentation is an overview of the latest food labeling and consumer class action trends. The content is designed to help food companies stay on top of the regulatory priorities relative to claims and nutrition labeling and ahead of plaintiffs’ attorneys looking for their next false advertising case.

In almost any market, understanding the public offering process is an essential skill for both legal and business advisors. In this session, our corporate lawyers will guide you through the offering process and highlight issues presented by new regulations and the current state of the market.  They will discuss specific fact patterns that arise during the IPO process and how to practically address them. Topics to be Covered: IPO readiness Timetable and responsibilities o...

This session will cover hot button legal issues and summarize significant developments in consumer product safety and at the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

In this program our bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys will discuss the resources available to avoid financial troubles, the legal strategies involved in minimizing financial troubles during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the strategies that will help businesses emerging from the pandemic financially intact.    

In this session, our corporate and M&A attorneys will provide an in-depth analysis of the fundamentals of M&A due diligence, review the critical legal issues and risks associated with M&A transactions in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as well as recent developments and trends that will help organizations maximize potential opportunities and mitigate risks.  

As companies draw on mobile delivery platforms, cloud-based technologies, and third-party vendors to become more sophisticated in their use of telemarketing, autodialer, and text message campaigns, the business risks and potential for class action lawsuits have greatly increased. This session includes an overview of Call Compliance Developments, involving dialing for a number of purposes, such as to cell phones, for telemarketing purposes, and debt collection; TCPA litigation trends; and FTC ...