Employee Management Seminar

Join us for an informative discussion on how to manage employee agreements and other workplace forms, and on ethical issues in employee indemnification.

Drafting Workplace-Related Documents

Doug Haloftis, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg

This seminar will provide drafting tips and strategies for preparing a variety of workplace-related documents:

• Employment applications
• Offer letters
• Employment contracts
• Confidentiality agreements
• Restrictive covenants
• Severance agreements
• Deferred compensation arrangements

The discussion will include creating enforceable non-compete agreements; mitigating risk through the effective use of severance and release agreements; and avoiding hidden liabilities through the use of sloppy or carelessly drafted workplace forms, documents, and boilerplate.

Ethical Issues in Indemnification of Employees and Joint Employee-Employer Representations

John Dickey, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg

This discussion will include dealing with the difficult ethical issues involving employee/officer/director indemnification and the perils of joint company and employee representations. This seminar will provide insights and practical tips on:

• Identifying who is your real client
• Avoiding the “multiple bosses trap”
• Organization vs. individuals conflicts
• Corporate “Miranda” warnings
• Conflicts of interests posed by joint representations
• Impact of joint representations on attorney-client privilege
• Legal or business legal advice conundrum

Complimentary Self-Park or Valet Parking

1.5 hours of CLE, including .75 of Ethics pending

Questions? Contact Courtney Brown at cbrown@btlaw.com or (317) 231-7312.