Breach of Employment Contract Litigation: Contract Interpretation, Materiality of Breach, Defenses, Damages
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide guidance to employment litigators for bringing or defending breach of employment contract claims alleging wrongful termination, failure to pay wages or severance pay under an agreement, and/or violation of the restrictive covenants in an employment contract. The panel will address issues related to contract interpretation, materiality of breach, defenses to claims, and damages assessment.
Outline
- Bringing breach of employment contract claims
- Defending breach of employment contract claims
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Most common allegations in breach of employment contract claims
- Key considerations for employment counsel bringing breach of employment contract claims
- Available defenses for employment counsel defending breach of employment contract claims
Faculty
Andrew (Andy) Boling
Partner
Baker & McKenzie
Mr. Boling represents employers and management in various cross-border employment and labor matters. He has represented... | Read More
Mr. Boling represents employers and management in various cross-border employment and labor matters. He has represented companies in litigation involving state and federal employment discrimination laws, wrongful discharge, individual employment contracts, employee disloyalty, compensation and commission disputes, and work-related tort claims. Mr. Boling has also written and lectured extensively on employment law issues.
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Meredith Kaufman
Partner
Baker & McKenzie
Ms. Kaufman’s practice focuses on employment law disputes in federal and state courts, before administrative... | Read More
Ms. Kaufman’s practice focuses on employment law disputes in federal and state courts, before administrative agencies, and in arbitrations and mediations. She has extensive experience handling complex employment litigation involving non-competes and other restrictive covenants, whistleblower retaliation claims under Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank, discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, New York State Human Rights Law and the New York City Human Rights Law, and wage and hour matters under the FLSA and New York Labor Law.
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JoLynn M. Markison
Partner
Dorsey
Ms. Markison represents large and small corporations in employment litigation involving race, gender, national origin,... | Read More
Ms. Markison represents large and small corporations in employment litigation involving race, gender, national origin, religion, disability, and age retaliation and discrimination; sexual harassment; and wage and hour claims. She frequently represents employers and employees in claims involving enforcement of post-employment restrictive covenants (non-competition, non-disclosure, and non-solicitation), as well as tort disputes such as breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, and defamation claims.
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D. Randle Moody, II
Of Counsel
Jackson Lewis
Mr. Moody concentrates his practice in the areas of competition law and employment litigation. He has tried cases and... | Read More
Mr. Moody concentrates his practice in the areas of competition law and employment litigation. He has tried cases and handled appeals in federal and state courts throughout the country. In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Moody frequently works with clients regarding proactive prevention strategies to avoid litigation.
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R. Scott Oswald
Managing Principal
The Employment Law Group
With more than three dozen trials to verdict and over $90 million recovered in judgments and settlements in employment... | Read More
With more than three dozen trials to verdict and over $90 million recovered in judgments and settlements in employment and whistleblower actions, Mr. Oswald is an accomplished trial lawyer in whistleblower retaliation, qui tam, wrongful discharge, discrimination, FMLA, USERRA, noncompete, and wage and overtime actions in federal and state courts. He is a frequent lecturer on employment law topics.
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