Drafting and Negotiating Employment and Severance Agreements: Avoiding the Pitfalls

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 | 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Program Chair:
Tricia B. Sherno Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• If you are an employment law practitioner, in-house counsel or advise employers or employees on workplace or compensation-related matters, you cannot afford to miss this program.  An expert panel will cover numerous legal issues and challenges that arise when drafting and negotiating employment and severance agreements and will provide practical tips and tools to enhance your drafting skills.

  Topics to be addressed include:

  • Best practices for documenting employment relationships
  • Tips and strategic considerations for drafting effective releases and severance agreements
  • Pro-employer versus pro-employee terms
  • Compensation, benefits, restrictive covenants, and tax issues that need to be considered during the negotiation process
  • EEOC and SEC endorsed language

  
  Live Program & Webcast: $199 for Members | $299 for Nonmembers
  In-House Counsel: Free for Members | $249 for Nonmembers
  Small Law Firm: $99 for Members
  Members who are Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2017-2019), Judges (and their staff who are also members), or attorneys that practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.

• Richard B. Friedman Richard Friedman PLLC	Meir Katz Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
  Valdi Licul Vladeck, Raskin & Clark, P.C.	Jeannine McSweeney Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

• 6:00 p.m. – 6:05 p.m.	Introductions
  6:05 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.	PART 1:  Best practices for documenting employment relationships 6:05-6:20: Drafting effective offer letters; issues that arise in the negotiation of offer letters 6:20-6:50: Drafting effective employment agreements; frequently negotiated provisions 6:50-7:05: Drafting effective arbitration provisions [ 7:05-7:30 Drafting restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements
  7:30 p.m. – 7:40 p.m.	Break
  7:40 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.	PART 2: Tips and strategic considerations for drafting effective releases and severance agreements 7:40-7:50: Pros and cons of severance agreements; developing strategy and effective communications 7:50-8:20 Drafting effective severance agreements; frequently negotiated provisions; negotiation strategies, tips and tricks 8:20-8:30: Special issues that arise in group layoffs (OWBPA disclosures,  WARN issues) 8:30-8:50: Handling equity and other special rights upon separation 8:50-9:00: Q&A

• CLE Credit
  New York: 3.0 Skills
  New Jersey: 3.2 General
  California: 3.0 General
  Pennsylvania: 2.5 Skills

• Sponsoring Association Committee:
  Labor & Employment | Katherine A. Greenberg, Chair

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Angie Avila, Manager, Membership Outreach and Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | aavila@nycbar.org

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