Mintz’s Annual Employment Law Summit 2025 - Boston

May
7
2025

Date: May 7, 2025

Time: 8:30AM - 2:45PM (EST)

Location: One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111

Employers are navigating a seismic shift as the workplace landscape has seemingly changed overnight, and businesses are bracing for further legal changes under the Trump administration. The January Executive Orders were just the beginning. Employers need to stay apprised of rapidly evolving federal developments while also accounting for state/local requirements and their own foundational corporate principles. Planning ahead for these adjustments will be crucial to ensuring stability and success.

Join us as we examine recent updates and expected future actions, including on topics such as new enforcement priorities, the latest discrimination and harassment trends, the DEI terrain in this new reality, the state of artificial intelligence in the workplace, employee data privacy issues, employee mobility, and so much more. 

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain practical guidance and strategic insights to help your organization stay ahead of tomorrow’s workplace challenges. 

This year, we are thrilled to feature Michael Memmolo, Executive Director, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, as our keynote speaker.

Who Should Attend? C-Level executives, compliance officers, in-house counsel, and HR professionals from all industries.

 

 

Breakfast & Check-In (8:30 - 8:55 AM)

Opening Remarks (8:55 - 9:05 AM)

Setting the Stage: The Current Trump Administration and the Resulting Legal Landscape (9:05 - 9:55 AM)

The legal landscape has shifted quickly in the first months of the Trump administration. Employers need to be aware of how executive actions and potential changes to important employment and immigration laws and regulations will impact their business to deftly navigate these developments. This segment will cover recent changes to rules and enforcement priorities at federal agencies, what to expect from the Trump Administration regarding important employment and immigration issues, evolving judicial trends with respect to agency rulemaking, and how all these issues impact employer policies and practices.  

Presenters: John Quill, Corbin Carter, and Emma Follansbee, Mintz

The State of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace (9:55 - 10:45 AM)

Our panelists will discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in 2025 and offer practical guidance when accounting for diversity, equity, and inclusion during various stages of the employment life cycle, including recruiting, retaining, and supporting all employees, whether they work for public or private companies or for federal contractors. Our panelists also will address recent issues they have encountered during this period of uncertainty around the contours of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. If you have a question that you’d like the panelists to address, be sure to email it to [email protected] or include it when you submit your Summit registration.

Presenters: Anne Bruno, Geri Haight, and Danielle Dillon, Mintz

Break (10:45 - 10:55 AM)

The Devil is in the Details: Navigating Employee Restrictive Covenants for a Multi-Jurisdiction Workforce in 2025 (10:55 - 11:45 AM)

This interactive session tackles today’s complex challenge of advising employers on effectively utilizing employee restrictive covenants—such as non-compete, non-solicitation, and confidentiality agreements—across a multi-jurisdictional or nationwide workforce. The session will begin with an overview of key federal legislative and enforcement developments, including more recent legislative and regulatory efforts to limit non-competes. The Mintz panelists will address the evolving state-level legal landscape, with an emphasis on states in the Northeast, including Massachusetts. And finally, using live audience feedback, the session will conclude with a discussion of current best practices and strategic tips on how to successfully design, implement, and enforce employee restrictive covenants in 2025.

Presenters: Mark Lerner, Brendan Lowd, and Katy Droumbakis, Mintz 

Key Employment Law Developments for Massachusetts Employers (11:45 - 12:40 PM)

This panel will provide legal summaries of and best practice guidance around recent legal changes impacting both employers and employees in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including (i) the implementation of Massachusetts’ new pay transparency law and resulting employer obligations; (ii) changes to the Earned Sick Time law and the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Act; (iii) developments in case law relating to wage and hour law, including around the treatment of contingent bonuses and “late pay” under the Wage Act; and (iv) recent decisions impacting the enforceability of non-compete agreements in Massachusetts.

Presenters: Natalie Groot, Delaney Busch, and Tom Pagliarini, Mintz 

Break for lunch to be served. (12:40 - 1:00 PM)

Lunchtime Keynote: Michael Memmolo, Executive Director, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (1:00 - 1:45 PM)

Short Break (1:45 - 1:50 PM)

Discrimination and Harassment: New Developments and Trends (1:50 - 2:40 PM)

In this segment, we will discuss several of the most noteworthy discrimination-related developments and trends over the past year. It will include a review of recent Supreme Court and other notable cases and regulatory guidance, and the interplay between federal and state law. We will also share perspectives and offer strategies and other insights for effectively navigating these complex issues and reducing exposure.

Presenters: Drew Matzkin, Natashia Tidwell, and Tara Dunn Jackson, Mintz

Wrap Up & Closing Remarks (2:40 - 2:45 PM) 

 

 

CLE and HR credits are available.

For any additional questions, please contact [email protected].

 

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    • Speakers

    John F. Quill

    John F. Quill

    John’s practice encompasses all aspects of immigration and nationality law. John draws on over two decades of experience to help companies and their employees obtain nonimmigrant visas, including B, E, H, J, L, O, and TN visas. He also handles applications for PERM labor certification; extraordinary ability, outstanding researcher, and national interest waiver petitions; adjustment of status procedures; consular processing; and naturalization.
    Corbin Carter

    Corbin Carter

    Corbin Carter is a solution-oriented employment counselor and litigator who guides clients through all aspects of the employment lifecycle. Corbin’s practice covers everything from day-to-day counseling to leading investigations and the management-side defense and prosecution of various employment-related claims.
    Emma Follansbee

    Emma Follansbee

    Emma counsels clients on a wide variety of employment issues and litigates employment disputes before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Her litigation practice includes restrictive covenant agreements; discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation claims; and wage and hour compliance.
    Anne L. Bruno

    Anne L. Bruno

    Anne L. Bruno is a Member at Mintz who advises clients ranging from start-ups to multinational public companies on issues related to corporate and employment law, including executive compensation, employee benefits, securities law, and corporate governance. She is also a key member of the firm’s multidisciplinary ESG practice, helping corporate boards, companies, and their investors navigate a broad range of environmental, social, and governance considerations.
    Geri L. Haight

    Geri L. Haight

    Geri Haight is a Mintz Member and former in-house counsel who focuses on employment litigation, counseling, and compliance, as well as intellectual property and trade secret matters.
    Danielle Dillon

    Danielle Dillon

    Danielle Dillon is an Associate at Mintz who focuses her litigation practice on employment disputes before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.
    Mark Lerner

    Mark Lerner

    Mark W. Lerner is a preeminent trial lawyer and employment attorney who serves as Chair of the Employment Litigation Practice within the firm’s Employment group. He draws on his prosecutorial background to lead cases and counsel clients on their most complex employment issues. He also conducts major internal investigations for clients and negotiates resolutions of disputes with regulatory agencies. Mark represents clients across a range of industries, including private equity, financial services, hedge funds, real estate, health care, energy, media, and apparel, among others.
    Brendan J. Lowd

    Brendan J. Lowd

    Brendan is an experienced and creative litigator, advisor, and counselor to public, private, start-ups, and closely-held companies. Brendan also represents high-level executives in the negotiation of their employment agreements and compensation.
    Kathryn R. Droumbakis

    Kathryn R. Droumbakis

    Kathryn Droumbakis is a Mintz Associate who litigates employment disputes before state and federal courts and administrative agencies and counsels clients on compliance with employment laws. She also has experience with complex commercial, professional liability, and real estate litigation.
    Natalie C. Groot

    Natalie C. Groot

    Natalie C. Groot is a Mintz attorney who litigates employment disputes on a wide variety of employment and labor matters. Natalie's litigation practice includes non-competition and non-solicitation agreements; discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation claims; and wage and hour compliance matters.
    Delaney M. Busch

    Delaney M. Busch

    Delaney Busch is a Mintz associate in the firm's Boston office. Focusing on federal and state employment matters, Delaney defends clients against claims of discrimination, sexual misconduct, harassment, and wage and hour violations in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies. Her clients have included Fortune 500 companies, insurance companies, prominent medical providers, manufacturers, and luxury fitness facilities.
    Tom J. Pagliarini

    Tom J. Pagliarini

    Thomas J. Pagliarini in an attorney at Mintz who advises companies on all aspects of employment-related issues. He helps employers across a variety of industries navigate federal, state, and local regulatory compliance issues and provides practical guidance on day-to-day employment matters to company owners, board members, executives, general counsel, and human resources personnel.
    H. Andrew Matzkin

    H. Andrew Matzkin

    H. Andrew Matzkin is an employment litigator at Mintz, and he provides counsel on labor and employment issues. Drew represents clients in life sciences, technology, industrial, and professional services before federal and state courts, arbitrators, and administrative agencies.
    Natashia Tidwell

    Natashia Tidwell

    Natashia Tidwell is a Member at Mintz who focuses her practice on white collar defense and government investigations. She leverages her experience as a former federal prosecutor and police officer to provide pragmatic counsel to schools on federal and state constitutional issues and to advise individuals, companies, and institutions on government enforcement actions.
    Tara Dunn Jackson

    Tara Dunn Jackson

    Tara Dunn Jackson is a Mintz Associate who litigates employment disputes before state and federal courts and administrative agencies and counsels clients on a broad spectrum of employment issues. She has experience with cases involving defamation, Title IX claims, and employment laws, as well as complex commercial litigation. Tara represents clients in a broad range of industries, including the education sector.