This episode of The Employment Law Counselor podcast in collaboration with PLUS, is hosted by Victoria Fuller, Partner, and Laura Corvo, Counsel, and features guest James Baffa, Assistant Vice President – Claims at Berkley Select. Together, they discuss the risks created by the changing legal landscape around majority‑group discrimination claims. The conversation explores recent Supreme Court case decisions, the EEOC's shift in enforcement priorities, and offers tips for employers to minimize their legal risk.

Happy Holidays from The Employment Law Counselor Podcast! The newest episode, in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) and hosted by Victoria Fuller, Partner, and Laura Corvo, Counsel, focuses on issues employers grapple with during the holiday season. This conversation offers employers an array of advice on navigating the holiday season, including a cautionary tale about an incident at an office holiday party. The episode also dives into the issues many employers face as they wind down 2025 and gear up for 2026 such as: managing year-end bonuses, employee leave obligations, new AI technologies, new state laws and more.

In this episode of the Employment Law Counselor Podcast in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, hosts Victoria Fuller and Laura Corvo are joined by their colleague Victoria Ranieri to discuss the different types of artificial intelligence already in use in the workplace, and some of the potential legal risks that AI presents employers.

In this episode of The Employment Law Counselor, in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Victoria Fuller, Partner and Co-Chair of Labor and Employment Practice Group, and Laura Corvo, Counsel, are joined by guest Chris Brooks, Executive Vice President, Berkley Select, for An Interactive Dialogue: The Intersection Between ADA, MFLA and PWFA. This episode focuses on the labyrinth of extremely complex laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and each of their state law counterparts, which employers must navigate. This podcast will shed light on the many requirements of those laws, explain how they intersect and the many risks that each law and its interaction with other laws present to employers.

In this episode of The Employment Law Counselor, in collaboration with the Professional
Liability Underwriting Society, Victoria Fuller, Partner and Co-Chair of Labor and Employment
Practice Group, and Laura Corvo, Counsel, are joined by William Raven, Associate, for a
discussion titled, "Reductions in Risk for Reductions in Force." This episode dives into key
considerations for any employer planning, or potentially planning, to downsize its workforce,
including risk mitigation, legal compliance, severance considerations, messaging and more.

In the latest episode of The Employment Law Counselor, in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, White and Williams Labor and Employment attorneys Laura Corvo and Andrea Moss examine the lessons employers can learn from recent news headlines involving government officials who inadvertently included a journalist on Signal Chat where sensitive information was discussed. Looking at the news headlines from a slightly different angle, Laura and Andrea discuss the many risks employers face when their employees utilize electronic communication tools such as inadvertent disclosure of confidential information and exposure to workplace harassment claims. Laura and Andrea offer suggestion for best practices in managing those risks including developing strong written policies, training and enforcement. Listen to the episode here.

This episode of The Employment Law Counselor podcast, in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), dives into recent executive orders which end Federal DEI programs and, among other things, encourage private sector employees to end "illegal DEI" programs. Victoria Fuller, Partner and Co-Chair of Labor and Employment Practice Group, and Laura Corvo, Counsel, are joined by Marlena Ellis, Associate, to discuss the implications of those executive orders on employers and offer some best practices employers should implement promptly to manage legal risks while still attracting and retaining high quality employees.

The newest episode of The Employment Law Counselor Podcast, hosted by Jeff Stewart, Counsel, and Tanya Salgado, Partner, covers the topic of violence in the workplace and potential claims that employers face surrounding these incidents. The discussion covers the steps that employers can take when conducting their background checks, ban the box laws, understanding the laws in your jurisdiction, and policies employers should have in place that address workplace violence.