Looking Ahead: What to Expect in Employment Law in 2024

Substantial research supports the finding that unconscious or implicit bias influences our decision-making skills – and legal professionals are no exception. In this session you will learn what implicit bias is – and how it affects the law and legal professionals.

As reflected in the substance use disorders and mental health challenges in law practice, many lawyers are struggling. Stigma is a significant barrier to seeking treatment and sustained recovery. In this session, participants will learn to identify substance use and mental health impairment in the legal workplace.

This session will provide a review of key recent copyright and trademark law developments from the courts, US Copyright Office, US Patent and Trademark Office and Congress, as well as a discussion of how these legal bodies are addressing and continuing to wrestle with generative artificial intelligence.

This seminar will help you protect your intellectual property inside and outside the United States, understand why international arbitration has become the go-to means for resolving international IP disputes, and prepare ahead of time for potential international arbitrations.

In this session, Cooley’s M&A team will cover topics relevant to today’s deal economy, including a review of regulatory trends, a primer for parties contemplating a sale to a financial sponsor, a closer look at merger of equals transactions, and guidance for companies in an unsolicited approach.

This program will cover current hot-button ethics issues that lawyers confront on a regular basis.

This session will walk through the life cycle of insurance – from procuring it to preserving rights to maximizing recovery for claims. This program is relevant to all sides of in-house practice, as insurance can be an important factor in everything from deal closings to litigation outcomes.

Practitioners from Cooley’s M&A and litigation groups will discuss recent trends in earnout disputes, as well as practical tips and considerations for drafting earnout provisions in purchase agreements.

This program will focus on current diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) issues in the legal profession.

In an ever-changing employment law landscape, this session will discuss key employment issues that employers are likely to face in 2024.