Committee Co-Chairs Gene Gurvits and Chris Pitt will lead the discussion. This meeting will focus on the issue of interpreter services in the courts. Guest speakers will include Tony Winsor of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, the Honorable Isaac Borenstein, and Renee Landers, the chair of the BBA's special committee on interpreter services. The event is hosted in conjunction with the Environmental Business Council of New England, the BBA's Environmental Law Section and a number of other environmental organizations. Invite your clients, colleagues, and co-workers to join you at this wonderful event where you can socialize and develop new business relationships during the holiday season.
Price includes hors d'oeuvres and cocktails.
Dr. Daignault will review predicators of workplace violence and provide advice on how to respond to warning signs that may be brought to the attention of employment counsel or management. Dr. Daignault will also discuss generally the role of the consulting expert on emotional distress issues in employment litigation. In light of this ruling and other recent developments at IRS concerning the same desk rule, Mr. Kolb will survey the current status of the rule, including recent attempts by Congress to repeal it. Mr. Kolb also will explain the IRS' reversal earlier this year after an initial adverse ruling in 1997. The topic of this meeting will be a discussion of the SEC's recent rules regarding insider trading, with specific emphasis on strategies for the creation and implementation of trading programs and similar plans in light of those rules.