Hot Topics in Employment Law (2025)
Total Credits: .80 including .80 Alabama CLE Credit
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- Categories:
- Employment Law
- Faculty:
- Arnold Umbach | Stephen Walsh | John D. Saxon
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 05, 2025
- License:
- Access for 90 day(s) after purchase.
Description
Stay ahead of the curve with our CLE seminar on Hot Topics in Employment Law, covering the latest developments in non-compete clauses, arbitration agreements, and more. Our expert panel will dive into the #MeToo movement's impact on workplace policies, the implications of the Alabama Paid Parental Leave Act, and strategies for navigating these complex issues. Gain practical insights and actionable advice on restrictive covenants, arbitration agreements, and paid leave laws, ensuring your organization is equipped to handle the latest challenges in employment law.
Handouts
| Seminar Handout (1.7 MB) | 38 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Arnold Umbach Related Seminars and Products
Starnes Davis Florie LLP
Trip Umbach chairs the firm’s labor and employment law practice group. For over 25 years, Trip has represented both public and private employers in all types of labor and employment disputes, from defending discrimination claims to handling traditional union labor relations matters. He regularly advises clients concerning non-competition agreements and litigates cases both to challenge and enforce them. A significant aspect of his practice is helping clients make employment decisions and develop policies that reduce the risk of being sued by employees or becoming unionized.
Stephen Walsh Related Seminars and Products
Walsh Law Firm LLC
Stephen Walsh has advised companies and their officers, directors, and owners on business and employment matters for over twenty-five years. In 2025, he founded the Walsh Law Firm, LLC based in Birmingham, Alabama. Stephen is licensed in Alabama and Texas, and his practice focuses on the representation of businesses and executives in commercial, consumer, and employment matters, particularly involving the financial services, real estate, and manufacturing industries. Stephen is an experienced transaction and litigation attorney. He received his B.S. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Alabama. While in law school, Stephen was a Hugo L. Black Scholar. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Litigation-Banking & Finance, Employment Law-Management, Litigation-Labor & Employment, and Commercial Litigation, and he has been named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar.”
John D. Saxon Related Seminars and Products
John D. Saxon PC
John Saxon received his B.A., With Honors, from The University of Alabama and his J. D. from The University of Alabama School of Law, which, in 2008, awarded him the Sam W. Pipes Award as its outstanding alumnus. He received an M.A. in speech communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. In 1978, he was named the first White House Fellow from Alabama, serving as a Special Assistant to Vice President Walter Mondale. He later served as Counsel to the Subcommittee on Jurisprudence and Governmental Relations of the U. S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Counsel to the U. S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics; Associate Counsel, then Staff Director, to the U. S. Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition (“Iran-Contra Committee”); then Special Counsel, U. S. Senate Armed Services Committee. He has worked in the Washington offices of two Fortune 50 companies, RCA and General Electric. Since 1995, he has been Managing Partner of John D. Saxon, P.C. From 2018-2021 he was a Deputy Attorney General of the State of Alabama, and is a former Adjunct Professor at the Washington College of Law at American University, where he taught Legal Ethics. He is past Chairman of the Labor and Employment Section of the State Bar and was the first Chairman of the Federal Practice Section of the Birmingham Bar Association. He serves on the Board of Legal Services Alabama, is a Member of the Alabama Law Institute, is on the Board of Governors of The University of Alabama Law School Foundation, and is on the Board of NELA-Alabama. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2009, which in 2012, 2019, and 2021 named him Lawyer of the Year, Labor and Employment Law—Individuals, and in 2018, 2019, and 2024 named him Lawyer of the Year, Civil Rights Law. He has been listed in Alabama Super Lawyers since 2008, and from 2011-2016 and 2018-2021 was listed as one of the Top 50 Alabama Super Lawyers. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the Alabama Law Foundation, and a Life Fellow of both the American Bar Foundation and the Birmingham Bar Foundation. He has twice been President of the White House Fellows Association and Foundation, which in 2022 awarded him the John W. Gardner Legacy of Leadership Award as its Outstanding Alumnus. He served on the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships under Presidents Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. A graduate of both Leadership Birmingham and Leadership Alabama, he is currently Vice President of the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham, the world’s largest, and will become President in 2025. He is on the boards of numerous organizations, including the Blackburn Institute, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham, the Leadership Birmingham Alumni Council, and the Greater Birmingham Humane Society, and is currently President of the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham Foundation.
