UT-Battelle Labor and Employment Training August 14, 2025
(Tennessee Conference Rooms A and B)
Hosted by the UT-Battelle Office of General Counsel
| Track A | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Check-in |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m. | Working Breakfast/Welcome and Opening Remarks Susan Hubbard, Deputy for Science and Technology, UT-Battelle, LLC |
| 8:10 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. | Accommodation Do’s and Don’ts Under the ADA Mary Leigh Pirtle, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | The Do’s and Don’ts of Investigations Jack Burgin, Kramer Rayson LLP |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. | Break |
| 10:25 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. | An Update on AI Employment Law Considerations Eric Kim, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Prevent and Defend: A Litigation Survival Guide for Managers Janet Hayes, Lewis Thomason |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Working Lunch: Professionalism in the Workplace — Why Treating Employees with Respect Matters Luther Wright, Jr., Ogletree Deakins |
| 1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. | Break |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | How the World of Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Has Changed (and what remains) Following the Release of the Executive Orders Michael Bracken, NT Lakis, LLP |
| 2:50 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Legal Ethics Thomas Barnard, Baker Donelson |
| 3:55 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. | Mental Health Awareness and Workplace Violence Prevention Justin Barnes, Jackson Lewis P.C. |
| 4:55 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| Track B | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Check-in |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m. | Working Breakfast/Welcome and Opening Remarks Susan Hubbard, Deputy for Science and Technology, UT-Battelle, LLC |
| 8:10 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. | Immigration Climate under the New Administration and the Impact on Employers Bernhard Mueller, Ogletree Deakins |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Protected Concerted Activity — Not Just a Labor Law Concern Evan Rosen, Jackson Lewis P.C. |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. | Break |
| 10:25 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. | Understanding Mass Arbitration, the Risks it Poses, and Strategies for Managing the Same Thomas Cullen Wallace, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Workforce Myth Busting — Comparing Public and Private Sector Employer Requirements Under the First Amendment and the NLRA Chris McCarty, Lewis Thomason |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Working Lunch: Professionalism in the Workplace — Why Treating Employees with Respect Matters Luther Wright, Jr., Ogletree Deakins |
| 1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. | Break |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Hot Topics in Employee Benefits Lyndsey Barnett, Bricker Graydon LLP |
| 2:50 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Retaliation in the Workplace — What Constitutes a Protected Activity Timothy McConnell, Maynard Nexsen PC |
| 3:55 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. | DEI and FCA — How to Ensure Compliance Martha Boyd and Thomas Barnard, Baker Donelson |
| 4:55 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks |