Webinar
Dec 7, 2022
Hot Topics Impacting the Transportation & Logistics Industries
Join attorneys from Seyfarth’s Transportation & Logistics group for a series of 30-minute informational webinars. Presenters discuss top-of-mind issues and important legal considerations for transportation, logistics, and related companies across the United States.
Session 1: Labor & Employment Issues and Disruptions in the Transportation & Logistics Industries (Recording Below)
It is a time of rapid social and economic change around the globe, with evolving customer behaviors and technology putting unprecedented pressures on transportation and logistics companies. This demanding environment inevitably leads to labor and employment challenges and opportunities. This webinar discusses the top L&E trends that seeing transportation and logistics companies should be thinking about right now. Topics included are:
- The spread of organizing under NLRA and RLA
- Employment privacy laws, including Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)
- Impacts of recent Supreme Court decisions and what’s to come in the current session, including decisions related to arbitrations and Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) year-in-review and what’s to come
Speakers:
Ada Dolph, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
Andrew Scroggins, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
Session 2: Privacy & Data Security: Increasing Impacts on the Transportation & Logistics Industries (Recording Below)
While data is a highly valuable asset to any company, it is also a vulnerability for a company’s employees, systems, and software. In the transportation and logistics industries where innovation and automation continue to advance these industries, privacy and data security can leave a company vulnerable. This webinar discusses the privacy and data issues impacting the transportation and logistics industries, whether traditional transportation companies, logistics entities, or those innovating in this space.
This 30-minute, question-and-answer style presentation covers:
- Intersection of privacy and innovation and how to spot privacy risks companies may not be aware of
- Privacy restrictions to safeguard information
- The added layer of government contracts and new requirements from the Department of Defense
- Compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act
- What companies need to do next and what the remedies for risk are
Speakers:
Amy Hoang, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
John Skelton, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
John Tomaszewski, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
Session 3: Managing Labor Concerns in the Transportation & Logistics Industries (Recording Below)
Pro-labor legislation at the federal level and the NLRB’s current political makeup, combined with a persistent labor shortage and concerns about employee safety and supply chain backlogs, have created an environment ripe for employee organizing. Unionization rates in the transportation and logistics industries continue to outpace other sectors, and union bargaining demands in today’s economic environment continue to escalate. Employers must plan thoughtfully as they work to navigate the uptick in union organizing activity and to maintain stable and productive labor-management relations in the face of increasing union demands.
This program is helpful for in-house employment and labor counsel and human resources professionals for both unionized and nonunion employers. Key topics include:
- Developing strategies that will help anticipate and effectively respond to protected, concerted activity or union organizing
- Providing tips for how to respond to a union election petition in today’s environment
- Reviewing the bargaining objectives we are seeing among both employers and unions
- Minimizing disruptions by maintaining a productive relationship between employers and unions
Speakers:
John A. Lambremont, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
John Telford, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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Session 4: How Social Impact & ESG are Fueling the Transportation & Logistics Industries (Recording Below) Social Impact & ESG continues to evolve at a rapid pace amidst an uncertain economy, geopolitical concerns, and threats of an ensuing anti-ESG / anti-woke business climate. Transportation and logistics companies have long been at the forefront of these issues due to scrutiny from customers, investors, and more recently, the federal government. The transportation and logistics industries are facing more than just a shift to electric vehicles though, the safety of their employees and talent recruitment and retention are also impacting these industries. Listen to speakers from our Impact & ESG practice discuss:
Speakers: Learn more about our Impact & ESG practice. Session 5: Commercial Litigation: Insights and Predictions for the Transportation & Logistics Industries in 2023 (Recording Below) Businesses operating in the transportation and logistics industries are some of the most complex, thus creating a long list of potential liabilities. With the continuing global tumult, shortage of skilled labor, and increasing consolidation in the industry, we expect an uneven year with antitrust issues and trade secrets rising to the top of the challenges facing transportation and logistics companies. Join us for a question and answer style format where we further explore the insights offered in our Commercial Litigation Outlook and review where we’ve been in the last several months and what we see coming, including:
Speakers: Learn more about our Commercial Litigation practice. If you have any questions, please contact Kim Oakley at koakley@seyfarth.com and reference this event. Learn more about our Transportation & Logistics practice. This webinar is pending approval for CLE in CA, IL, NJ, and NY. Credit will be applied for as requested for TX, GA, WA, NC and VA. The following jurisdictions may accept reciprocal credit with these accredited states, and individuals can use the certificate they receive to gain CLE credit therein: AZ, CT, NH. The following jurisdictions do not require CLE, but attendees will receive general certificates of attendance: DC, MA, MD, MI, SD. For all other jurisdictions, a general certificate of attendance and the necessary materials will be issued that can be used in other jurisdictions for self-application. Please note that attendance must be submitted within 10 business days of the program taking place. If you have questions about jurisdictions, please email CLE@seyfarth.com. |
