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Smartphones and the Law: Avoiding Legal Liabilities in the Workplace

Course Description:

Smartphones (e.g. iPhone, BlackBerry, Android) seem to be the “must have” business accessory.  But, as with many new technologies, the lawsuits come in quicker than companies can draft and enforce policies related to the technology.  

In fact, increasingly, plaintiff’s lawyers are looking at smartphone usage as fodder for their latest claims strategy.

Is your organization aware of the financial, regulatory, compliance, privacy, and legal liabilities associated with smartphones in the workplace? Have you taken the proper steps to protect your employees and your organization?

Course Highlights:

During this information-packed audio conference, you will learn the most common liability issues surrounding the use of smartphones at work.  You’ll also learn how to mitigate the risk when it comes to:

• Lost devices
• Corporate vs. individual liabilities
• Related state requirements and laws
• Formal portable device policies
• Data breech notifications
• Distracted driving policies
• Wage-an-hour pitfalls
• FLSA regulations and non-exempt employees

Featured Faculty:

Anthony J Oncidi, Partner, Proskauer

Anthony J. Oncidi heads the Labor & Employment Law Group in the Los Angeles office.

Tony represents employers and management in all aspects of labor relations and employment law, including litigation and preventive counseling, wage and hour matters, including class actions, wrongful termination, employee discipline, Title VII and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, executive employment contract disputes, sexual harassment training and investigations, workplace violence, drug testing and privacy issues, Sarbanes-Oxley claims and employee raiding and trade secret protection. A substantial portion of Tony’s practice involves the defense of employers in large class actions, employment discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination litigation in state and federal court as well as arbitration proceedings, including FINRA matters.

Tony is the author of the treatise titled Employment Discrimination Depositions (Juris Pub’g 2009; www.jurispub.com), co-author of Proskauer on Privacy (PLI 2009), and, since 1990, has been a regular columnist for the official publication of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of California and the Los Angeles Daily Journal.

Tony also is a regular commentator on employment-related issues for public radio station KALW-FM in San Francisco and has been a featured guest on Fox 11 News in Los Angeles. He has been interviewed and quoted by leading national media outlets such as The National Law Journal, Bloomberg News, The New York Times, CBS News, and Newsweek and Time magazines. Tony is a frequent speaker on employment law topics for large and small groups of employers and their counsel, including the Society for Human Resource Management (“SHRM”), PIHRA, the National CLE Conference, National Business Institute, the Employment Round Table of Southern California (Board Member), the Council on Education in Management, the Western League of Savings Institutions, the Institute for Corporate Counsel, the State Bar of California, the California Continuing Education of the Bar Program and the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Bar Associations. He has testified as an expert witness regarding wage and hour issues as well as the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and has served as a faculty member of the National Employment Law Institute. He has served as an arbitrator in an employment discrimination matter.

MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE:

We're so confident you'll get what you want out of this conference that we'll refund every penny if you're not completely satisfied. No questions asked! It's 100% risk-free!

pricing:

Your CD recording includes the complete audio conference presentation, audience Q&A and presentation materials.

APPROVED FOR RECERTIFICATION CREDIT:

HRCI - Receive 1.25 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. "The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."

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