Employment Discrimination Law & Litigation 2025

Why You Should Attend 

Employment discrimination law, and the litigation that surrounds it, continues to be dynamic and the only certainty is that it keeps changing. 2025 promises to bring another year of developments which need to be understood, mastered and navigated by practitioners.  To help us get there, we are offering this very popular and extremely well-attended full-day event.

Once again we are pleased to bring together for a national audience, preeminent practitioners from the management and plaintiff’s bars, in-house counsel and government agency representatives to analyze and provide guidance and understanding on the latest developments and trends in the law of discrimination as it applies to the United States workplace.

This program will include a reprise of the widely acclaimed panel discussion on current developments and decided cases of interest across the country in various state and federal courts. With 2025 ushering in a new Republican administration, this discussion will also include directional changes expected from the new administration. 

Also of interest to everyone will be a specific discussion by expert commentators concerning discrimination, retaliation and whistleblower claims in the legal profession.

Since the vast majority of employment discrimination cases are settled, a panel of seasoned practitioners will take us through the process of settling a case, from start to finish. For those cases that do not settle, there will be an informative panel on presenting cases to a jury, including important pre-trial motions, jury selection issues, the use of demonstrative exhibits, and trends in employment discrimination jury verdicts. 

The law of disability accommodation continues to expand in areas such as pregnancy-related conditions and creating complexity in the high pressure workplace. Both situations create unique challenges in applying existing principles of reasonable accommodation and engaging in the interactive process. 

As in the past, our expert faculty will not only provide critical updates on recent developments in the law, but also offer their perspectives on addressing employment discrimination issues from a proactive point of view as well as handling litigation.

What You Will Learn

After attending this program, participants will be able to: 

• Understand trends in the law with respect to the latest developments in employment discrimination areas including reverse discrimination, gender identity, sexual orientation
• Learn what to expect from the new Republican Administration in the area of employment discrimination and diversity issues
• Gain a better understanding of how traditional notions of reasonable accommodation in the disability arena will need to be applied in the pregnancy-related area and in the demanding arena of the high pressure workplace 
• Explore inclusion, discrimination, retaliation and whistleblower issues in the legal workplace
• Learn how employment discrimination cases get settled from their start to their finish
• Navigate some of the steps in a jury trial, including certain pre-trial motions, the selection process, use of demonstrative exhibits and more

Who Should Attend

Any attorney or human resources professional who advises or represents employers, employees, labor unions or government, or who has judicial/arbitral/mediator responsibility will benefit from attending this program.

Special Features:

• All new panels: “Inclusion, Discrimination and Retaliation in the Legal Workplace”, “Settling Employment Discrimination Claims from Start to Finish”, “Latest Insights for Employment Discrimination Jury Trials” and “Analyzing Disability Accommodations in High Pressure Workplaces”
• Transitional credit available
• Earn Diversity & Inclusion and Professional Skills credit

Credit Available: CLE, CPE, CPD and HRCI HR Recertification

Program Level: Overview

Prerequisites: An interest in learning more about discrimination issues that arise in today’s workplace.

Advanced Preparation: None.