2026 Hot Topic: Majority Group Discrimination and Essential Insights for Every Employer

The Ins and Outs of A Successful Employment Mediation

In the newest episode of the Employment Law Counselor Podcast titled "The Ins and Outs of A Successful Employment Mediation," hosts Victoria Fuller and Laura Corvo are joined by Hon. Thomas J. Rueter (Ret.), a seasoned mediator and arbitrator and April Quire, a Senior Claims Examiner with Arch Insurance who has participated in countless mediations. This podcast shares real-world insights and provides both the mediator's and insurer's view of how to successfully mediate employment claims, along with practical strategies that go beyond the usual negotiation playbook. You will also hear how confidentiality and mediator proposals can help move even the toughest cases toward resolution.

2026 Hot Topic: Majority Group Discrimination and Essential Insights for Every Employer

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.

Navigating Labor and Employment Challenges During the Holiday Season

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.

AI Generates a New Workplace, What Employers Need to Know

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.

An Interactive Dialogue: The Intersection Between the ADA, FMLA, and PWFA

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.