New State AI Laws Impacting Employers: Transparency, Testing, Reporting Obligations; Compliance Challenges

Ms. Betts has been representing employers in all areas of labor and employment law for more than 15 years, including discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, retaliation, class and collective actions, noncompetition and non-disclosure covenants, union campaigns, collective bargaining, and unfair labor practices. She works with clients in an array of industries including technology companies, healthcare organizations, retailers, manufacturers, banks, and in the energy sector. Ms. Betts regularly litigates cases in federal and state court, arbitration, and in front of relevant administrative bodies like the National Labor Relations Board. She has successfully represented employers in discrimination, traditional labor, wrongful termination, and wage and hour claims, including class and collective actions. In addition to actively managing litigation, a significant portion of Ms. Betts’ practice involves training, proactive counseling, and conducting audits on subjects like the impact of technology on the workplace, compliance with wage/hour laws, avoiding issues of workplace discrimination and harassment, and managing disability accommodation and leaves of absence requests.

Ms. Ochs has nearly 30 years of experience representing employers in matters involving employment issues and employment-based technology, trade secrets, and unfair competition in federal and state trial and appellate courts, arbitration, and administrative agencies. Her experience includes successfully defending employers in both jury and bench trials and in arbitration proceedings. She currently dedicates a significant portion of her practice to trial court litigation, arbitration, and strategic conflict management. Ms. Ochs also has active advice and counsel, training, and investigations practices, working closely with employers on a variety of employment and employment-based technology, trade secret, and unfair competition compliance issues with the goal of avoiding litigation. She represents an array of “tech” employers, as well as employers in a broad array of other local, national, and international industries. Ms. Ochs regularly speaks across the country on a range of employment, and employment-based technology, trade secret and unfair competition issues.