Announcement: The Grand Irony of ERISA?: Intersectionality of ERISA Preemption and Remedial Issues

                Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal
                        invites you to attend

                      THE GRAND IRONY OF ERISA?:
      INTERSECTIONALITY OF ERISA PREEMPTION AND REMEDIAL ISSUES

                            March 13, 2009
                           8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

                              Location:
                         The New Yorker Hotel
                          481 Eighth Avenue
                          New York, NY 10001


      AGENDA:

      8:00 a.m.   Check-In and Continental Breakfast

      9:00 a.m.   Preemption

      This panel will explore the comprehensive and reticulated
      nature of remedies under ERISA and how this has led to a
      convoluted system of awarding relief under the statute.

      James A. Wooten, Professor of Law
      Buffalo Law School

      Debra Davis, Tax Counsel
      Union Pacific Railroad

      Phyllis Borzi, Research Professor
      George Washington School of Public Health

      10:30 a.m.  Remedies

      This panel tackles the many issues surrounding ERISA
      preemption, including state health care reform initiatives,
      ERISA subrogation, and the availability of common law
      remedies related to employee benefit plans.

      Peter K. Stris, Professor of Law
      Whittier Law School

      Eric D. Chason, Professor of Law
      William & Mary Law School

      Donald Bogan, Professor of Law
      The University of Oklahoma College of Law

      Noon        Lunch and Keynote Speaker

      "Three Decades of ERISA: The Tyranny of Good Intentions and
      Unintended Consequences."

      Edward Zelinsky, Morris and Annie Trachman Professor of Law
      Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

      1:00 p.m.   Intersectionality

      The third panel considers ERISA's preemption and remedial
      provisions together and considers the problem of
      intersectionality: ERISA plaintiffs are preempted out of
      adequate state remedies, only to be placed into a federal
      ERISA remedial scheme which has proven largely inadequate.

      Paul M. Secunda, Professor of Law
      Marquette University Law School

      Nell Hennessy, President & CEO
      Fiduciary Counselors Inc.

      Andrew L. Oringer, Partner
      White & Case, LLP

      2:30 p.m.   Going Forward

      This final panel will consider whether the current system
      of remedies and preemption under ERISA should be left alone
      or should be amended to provide for more effective remedies
      that will protect the employee benefits of participants and
      beneficiaries.

      Elizabeth Pendo, Professor of Law
      St. Louis University School of Law

      Thomas P. Gies, Partner
      Crowell & Moring, LLP

      Jonathan B. Forman, Alfred P. Murrah Professor of Law
      The University of Oklahoma College of Law


      REGISTRATION/FURTHER INFORMATION:

      7 CLE credits are available in professional practice for
      non-transitional attorneys.

      $75.00 per person, includes breakfast and lunch.

      Scholarships are available.

      For more information or to RSVP, please visit:

                   http://law.hofstra.edu/ERISA

      For more information, please call or email:

      Tel:         (516) 463-6317
      Email:       MAILTO:laborlaw@hofstra.edu
Posted 2/5/09