CALENDAR OF EVENTS
On November 15, 2011, Peter Rukin will moderate a brownbag lunch panel for the Bar Association of San Francisco entitled "Proceed with Caution: Ethical Issues of Joint Representation in an Employment Context: What Management and Employee Counsel Need to Know." Register online for the program at http://www.sfbar.org/.
On November 30, 2011, Peter Rukin will participate in a Law Seminars International Telebriefing on the practical implications of California's new Worker Misclassification Law.
PAST EVENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
On October 21, 2011, Peter Rukin discussed "Ethical Issues In Representing Workers In Wage & Hour Actions" at this year's National Employment Law Association Conference in Washington, D.C.
On August 17, 2011, Peter Rukin moderated a panel on mediation and settlement for the State Bar of California Labor and Employment Law Section's first annual Class Action Wage and Hour Conference.
Peter Rukin joined Michael Broad and Patrick Kitchin at the Alameda County Bar Association on August 25, 2011 to talk about wage and hour employee classification issues.
Steven Tindall spoke on April 17, 2009 at the Boalt Hall School of Law in Berkeley, California, on the topic of working in private practice for the public interest.
Steven Tindall spoke on a panel at Practicing Law Institute's Annual Institute on Employment Law on October 2, 2009. The panel was entitled "Class Actions and Pattern/Practice Claims."
Peter Rukin moderated a Wage and Hour panel at the State Bar Labor and Employment Section Annual Meeting October 23-24, 2009.
Steven Tindall spoke at the Contra Costa County Bar Association Employment Law Section's panel "How Plaintiff's Counsel Evaluate Cases," April 3, 2009 at Scott's Seafood, 1333 N. California Blvd., in Walnut Creek.
Peter Rukin spoke at the CEB program "Independent Contractor or Employee: Pro's and Con's" on February 27, 2009 in San Francisco.
Peter Rukin provided the Labor and Employment Update at the State Bar Section Education Institute on January 17, 2009.
Angela Perone's Article on Fitness for Duty Exams now published in the California Labor & Employment Law Review
Board of Governors appoints Peter Rukin to State Bar Labor and Employment Section Executive Committee, effective October 2008.
Steven Tindall joins the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) Board of Directors.
Angela Perone joins Emerging Advocates for Racial Justice (EARJ) steering committee.
Peter Rukin's article Awakening a Sleeping Giant: The Resurgence of Wage and Hour Litigation was published in The HR Advisor
Peter Rukin's article Representing Workers Under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Illinois Minimum Wage Law was published in the Illinois Bar Journal.
Stephanie Doria and Peter Rukin obtain $270,000 arbitration award on intentional infliction of emotional distress claim.
