WEBINAR – Restaurant Industry Class Actions

WEBINAR — Restaurant Industry Class Actions

Take advantage of an important opportunity to learn about the emerging trends in class-action litigation affecting the restaurant industry by attending a live webinar on June 30, 2010. This webinar will focus on two areas of class-action litigation of importance to the industry: food and nutrition-related class actions and employment class actions. We will cover the pending suits against Denny’s (sodium levels in food), Applebee’s (allegedly misleading nutritional information on its “Weight Watchers” menu), and McDonald’s (chicken preparation methods allegedly increasing the risk of cancer). The webinar will also examine the recent rise of employment class actions, including the tip-pooling litigation against Starbuck’s, the EEOC sex discrimination settlement with Outback Steakhouse, and the continued travails of the country’s largest retailer in fending off employment class actions. You will gain timely information on how best to avoid pitfalls which can lead to a major class action, and the negative headlines that surely follow.
 

How to Attend:

To register for this FREE webinar, contact Helen Wilson at 603.606.5057, or click on this link and provide the information requested at the various prompts.

About the Presenters:

Adam J. Chandler is an officer at Nelson, Kinder, Mosseau & Saturley, P.C., a law firm with offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Portland, Maine, and Manchester, NH. Adam is a member of the firm’s Employment Counseling and Litigation Group and Food and Hospitallity Industry Group. Adam has successfully represented restaurant industry clients in numerous state and federal lawsuits, administrative discrimination complaints, and difficult regulatory matters, including one continuing matter in which the client, a regional restaurant chain, successfully defeated class certification of a wage-and-hour action brought in state court.

Robert M. Fojo works in the areas of commercial, employment, and IP litigation for clients in a range of industries, including the food and hospitallity industry. He is a member of the firm’s Employment Counseling and Litigation Group and the Food and Hospitality Industry Group and has substantial experience with national and local menu labeling legislation and with major wage and hour class action and collective action claims. Before joining the firm in January 2010, he worked in the litigation and appellate departments of a large firm in Miami, Florida, where he worked on many complex civil litigation cases and appeals in state and federal court.

Stephen D. Coppolo is a member of the firm’s Employment Counseling and Litigation Group and the Food and Hospitality Industry Group. He has developed significant experience in the areas of employment discrimination and federal and state worker’s protection statutes. Recently, Steve successfully briefed an Americans with Disabilities Act claim against a restaurant industry client in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. He is a frequent speaker on employment law issues generally and on Title VII, ADA and FMLA claims in particular.