Doug Christian, leader of Ballard Spahr's Insurance Practice Group is joined by Adrian Atilano and Dave Garrigus from insurance brokerage firm HUB International. Adrian and Dave lead HUB's executive liability practice and, along with Doug, discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the management liability landscape. After summarizing the current market, the group touches on the main issues underwriters are paying attention to at the moment and how to maximize coverage in a cost-effective manner.

In today's episode, Kahlil Williams, co-leader of the Firm's ESG Work Group, is joined by Felicity Hassan, Managing Director of two businesses: Audeliss and INvolve. Kahlil and Felicity discuss Board diversity: Recruiting diverse Board candidates, successfully on-boarding them – especially when in-person networking is difficult or impossible, how members of diverse communities can better develop their profiles for potential Board membership, and what we can expect to see in this area going forward.

On this episode, Ballard Spahr Partner Louis Chodoff leads a discussion with his Labor and Employment attorney colleagues Karli Lubin and Tara Humma. The group discusses the various liability issues that may arise as employers work to bring employees back to the physical workplace, including claims about workplace safety, vaccination policies, overtime claims arising from work from home, and activity created by the new Biden administration's Labor and Employment Policies.

Ballard Spahr attorneys Meredith Dante and Steve Suflas summarize developments at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) put in place by the Biden Administration. Meredith and Steve discuss the challenges Non-union and unionized employers alike will face as we return to the activist NLRB that tried to remake the rules of the workplace during the Obama Administration.

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In this series, we profile women in finance to learn about their leadership roles in financial services and capital markets. Emilie Ninan, Co-Chair of Ballard Spahr’s Finance Department, is joined by Carla Harris, Vice Chairman and Head of Multicultural Client Strategy at Morgan Stanley. Ms. Harris talks about her multifaceted career path as investment banker, author and gospel singer, advice on how to navigate one’s career and change careers, and her thoughts on leadership in the current chaotic environment.

On today’s episode we discuss environmental, social, and governance, or “ESG” considerations in corporate governance, including how ESG got started, its development, its growing importance to investors and other stakeholders, the impact of the pandemic, and current ESG issues of importance, like Board diversity and climate change. Kahlil Williams, a Ballard Spahr Associate and co-leader of the Firm’s ESG Working Group, is joined by Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director of the Diligent Institute.

Ballard Spahr Labor attorneys Meredith Dante, Steve Suflas, and Chris Kelly discuss what a Biden-Harris administration means for employers in the area of labor and employment law. The team discusses what they expect to see from a new administration regarding: potential changes to the National Labor Relations Act; the priorities of a new National Labor Relations Board; wage and hour impacts, and worker classification, at the federal level; and evolving equal employment opportunity, and equal pay, issues.

Chad Stewart leads a discussion on mergers & acquisitions activity involving distressed businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ballard Attorneys George Singer and Karen McConnell join to discuss what they’re seeing in the market, considerations for buyers and sellers of distressed businesses, a breakdown of relevant processes, and put historical context around the economic downturn caused by the pandemic and how it may differ from economic downturns of the past.

Ballard Spahr Partner Kim Phan joins to discuss the settlement the Federal Trade Commission recently announced with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. to resolve allegations that Zoom had engaged in unfair and deceptive acts with regard to its video conferencing services. Topics include: the terms of the settlement, the extensive security measures required of Zoom under those terms, the implications for Zoom and others, and what the settlement suggests may be the focus of future FTC scrutiny.

On today’s episode we discuss a key issue presented by the coming COVID-19 vaccines:  whether employers can or should mandate vaccination, what limitations might exist on an employer’s ability to do so, and other considerations that an employer might take into account when thinking about a vaccine mandate. Leading the discussion is Brian Pedrow, Chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice. He is joined by Ballard Spahr attorneys Shannon Farmer and Jessica Federico.