April 30, 2020
As businesses plan to resume or expand operations in a post-quarantine COVID-19 world, they face a complex, and sometimes conflicting, patchwork of public health, employment, and privacy considerations requiring them simultaneously to:
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PANELISTS:
Karl Nelson is a Gibson Dunn partner who advises and represents employers across the country in connection with employment law compliance and litigation, including with respect to fair employment practices, benefits issues, worker health and safety, whistle-blower claims, and collective bargaining rights and obligations. He has been actively involved as part of the firm’s COVID-19 Response Team in guiding clients across a range of industries in responding to the recent health crisis.
Katherine V.A. Smith is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office whose practice focuses on high stakes employment litigation matters such as wage and hour class actions, representative actions brought under the California Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”), whistleblower retaliation cases, and executive disputes. In addition to litigation, Ms. Smith also dedicates a significant portion of her practice to advising employers on nearly all aspects of employment law, including those arising from the COVID-19 crisis.
Alexander H. Southwell is a nationally-recognized technology investigations lawyer and counselor, serving as global Co-Chair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Consumer Protection Practice Group. He represents a wide-range of leading companies, counseling on privacy, information technology, data breach, theft of trade secrets and intellectual property, computer fraud, national security, and network and data security issues, including handling investigations, enforcement defense, and litigation. Recently, he has focused on advising clients on cybersecurity and privacy issues relating to COVID-19 crisis management programs and has led a number of COVID-related pro bono projects.
Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter is a senior associate in Gibson Dunn’s Palo Alto office who focuses on cutting-edge privacy law compliance concerns for clients in a broad range of industries, including relating to federal, state, and international privacy and cybersecurity laws, and representing companies in technology-related privacy class action and IP litigation matters. She is a leader of the firm’s CCPA Task Force, and has been particularly dedicated in recent months to advising clients on privacy and cybersecurity issues relating to businesses’ implementation of COVID-19 crisis management and prevention programs.
Dr. Christopher Kuhlman is a board certified toxicologist (DABT) and industrial hygienist (CIH) with CTEH. Dr. Kuhlman specializes in toxicology, risk assessment, toxicity evaluations, and emergency response toxicology. Recently, he has been working with employers around to globe to meet the ongoing challenges of the outbreak of COVID-19.
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