| Experts Connection™
connects you, the business professional, with experts in career
and professional development via teleseminars. Topics will be
presented with an eye to the practical, rather than the theoretical,
offering you the opportunity to put ideas into practice as soon
as you hang up the phone. The topics are targeted specifically
for the executive level professional, for the employed as well
as those in transition. The teleseminars are formatted and timed
to include your questions following the experts' presentations.
The Ins and Outs
of Employment Agreements
Guest Speaker: Robert Bernstein,
Partner in the law firm Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin
and Tominberg, Ltd. and specialist in employment law.
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM Eastern,
1:00-2:00 PM Pacific
Class Description:
Baffled by employment agreements? Are you knowledgeable about
legal issues as they pertain to termination, severance, non-disclosure/confidentiality,
non-competition and non-solicitation, assignment of inventions,
indemnification, and choice of law and venue provisions? Are
you aware of the importance/impact of these issues from
your new employers’ perspective, thereby putting you in
a better negotiating position?
Rob Bernstein is an expert in employment law, counseling hiring
companies in the drafting and negotiation of employment agreements.
This expertise can benefit you, the newly hired executive,in
negotiating to your best advantage.
You will learn how to:
- Pursue an employment agreement with a new employer.
- Identify key issues to consider in the negotiation of Employment
Agreements
- Be aware of post-employment restrictions and enforceability
- Recognize substantive differences in state laws which affect
employment agreements.
Robert Bernstein is a Partner in the law firm of Laner, Muchin,
Dombrow, Becker, Levin and Tominberg. His practice has been
concentrated in defending employers in employment litigation,
providing counsel on day-to-day labor and employment issues
and drafting and negotiating employment and non-competition
agreements. Mr. Bernstein has been practicing law for 12 years
and is an active member of the American Bar Association’s
Labor and Employment Section. He is a frequent speaker/moderator
on various labor and employment topics for the Illinois Institute
of Continuing Legal Education, the Council on Education in Management
and other organizations. He is the Chicago Chapter Chair or
the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations and is
a member of the national Board of Directors for this school.
Mr. Bernstein has received the highest Martindale-Hubbell Peer
Review Rating for ethical standards and legal ability. He was
selected as a 2007 Illinois Super Lawyer. Mr. Bernstined received
his BS from the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations
and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin Law
School.
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