Morgan Lewis

Accountants Targeted for the Next Wave of Wage and Hour Litigation

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    September 9, 2008 2:00 PM
    - September 9, 2008 3:00 PM

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Morgan Lewis's Sari Alamuddin, Carrie Gonell, and Christopher Parlo will present this one-hour complimentary webcast.

Over the past several years, the plaintiffs' bar has targeted the retail, insurance, financial services, and pharmaceutical sectors with an onslaught of high-profile and high-stakes wage and hour litigation. Certain indicators show that the accounting profession may be next in line. A number of recent wage and hour lawsuits have alleged that employees in the accounting profession—both in accounting firms and in corporations that employ accounting professionals—have been misclassified as exempt employees, and therefore are entitled to overtime pay and other wage and hour law protections. Several of the top accounting firms have already been named as defendants in these lawsuits.

For the accounting profession, and companies with large accounting staffs, this begs the question: Which accounting employees, if any, are properly exempt from federal and state overtime regulations?

The interactive discussion will focus on:

  • An analysis of the applicable federal and state statues and regulations
  • Recent developments in pending cases in the profession
  • Key steps that accounting firms and corporate organizations with significant accounting departments should take to avoid future litigation and liability

When:
September 9, 2008
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. (ET)
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (PT)

To register for this event, please use the above registration link. For more information, please contact Bethany Shipman-Meyer at bshipman-meyer@morganlewis.com or 215.963.5151.

We are offering Pennsylvania CLE, Texas CLE, California MCLE, New York MCLE, and HRCI credit for this webcast.
 
Pennsylvania CLE, Texas CLE, and New York MCLE Credit
Pending approval, this webcast will be eligible for one credit hour in Pennsylvania, Texas, and New York. Please note that Pennsylvania attorneys are limited to earning up to four total distance-learning CLE credits per calendar year.

California MCLE Credit
This webcast has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education by the State Bar of California and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Provider No. 4730, certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.

HRCI Credit
A request for preapproval has been sent to the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) and is currently pending approval.

Other CLE Requests
For those interested in pursuing CLE credit for states other than California, New York, Texas, or Pennsylvania, we can provide a certificate of attendance upon request for submission to your respective state boards.