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HospitalityLawyer.com presents the 6th Annual Hospitality Law Conference, Monday, February 11th through Wednesday, February 13th 2008. The Conference will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston.
At the 2008 Conference, attendees can get current on pressing concerns in the hospitality industry including franchising, legislation, premises liability, and changes in employment and management contracts. There will be practical tips on metadata, ethics, and corporate compliance, and updates on the ADA and e-discovery.
This year we have included a pre-conference, half-day workshop which discusses subjects pertinent to hospitality real estate, and hotel and restaurant in-house counsel. Presentations will range from land acquisition and development to unions and collective bargaining.
The conference is designed for general counsel and executives of lodging, real estate, restaurant, and club operations; risk managers; directors of loss prevention; franchise service directors; attorneys practicing in the hospitality industry and hospitality law faculty and students.
This year’s two-day conference provides break-out sessions in five different topic areas:
- Food & Beverage - Attorneys in the field will update attendees on matierial specific to the restaurant industry such as wage and hour issues and under reporting in restaurant franchises.
- Lodging - Today contract issues are a special concern. Experts will discuss meeting and function contract issues and best ways to negotiate third party internet contracts.
- Human Resources & Labor Relations - This breakout will explore the ins and outs of labor and employment issues, examine employee manuals, and survey hospitality employment cases.
- Safety, Security & Risk Management - Understanding duties of care, reasonable care, standards of care, and negligence is a growing concern. These presentations will discuss best practices and provide tips on testifying in a mock deposition demonstration.
- International Law - Review international hotel and restaurant procedural issues, contract issues, and liability issues when doing business in Mexico, Latin America, Europe, Canada, and South America.
HospitalityLawyer.com’s sixth annual conference is presented in coordination with the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association, the General Counsel Committee of the AH&LA, the Loss Prevention Management Institute and the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management.
Earn Continuing Education Credits - MCLE & HRCI
MCLE accreditation for up to 16.0 hours (including 1 hour of ethics) has been requested for this program from every state (including California and Pennsylvania) with mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements for lawyers. Please be aware that each state has its own rules and regulations, including its definition of “CLE”. Attorneys seeking to obtain MCLE credit in Pennsylvania are required to pay state accreditation fees directly to the Pennsylvania CLE Board (PACLE). Please call (713) 963-8800 for questions pertaining to the number of credit hours granted by each state two to three weeks prior to the program.
This program has been approved for 4.0 recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.
If you need a Certificate of Attendance, please request one at conference check-in.
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