A HEATWAVE OF HOT LEGAL TOPICS

• What’s fueling the rise in retaliation claims and how to spot risks before they escalate.
• AI in hiring, productivity tracking, and performance reviews: where innovation meets legal exposure
• Key legal updates from courts, agencies, and the law that every employer needs to know
• What to expect from the DOL, EEOC, NLRB over the balance of the year into 2026

• Summarize current legal trends impacting the workplace in 2025, including emerging risks in retaliation, AI use, and evolving regulatory enforcement.
• Interpret recent employment law developments from the EEOC, DOL and NLRB and understand their implications for organizational policies.
• Evaluate how the integration of artificial intelligence into HR and workplace operations can trigger legal exposure under federal and state laws.
• Recognize early warning signs and legal red flags that could lead to retaliation claims or regulatory scrutiny.

About Our Speaker

Louis R. Lessig, Esquire, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is a partner with the firm of Brown & Connery, LLP. His practice concentrates in labor and employment counseling, litigation, negotiations and training.

Mr. Lessig represents clients in all types of employment matters, including but not limited to claims of discrimination, harassment, hostile work environment, wage and hour irregularities and retaliation in state and federal courts as well as before administrative agencies including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, National Labor Relations Board, U.S. Department of Labor, American Arbitration Association, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, New Jersey Office of Administrative Law, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, and Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. To read more Click Here