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SUMMARY:2026 Business X-Change - 9/9 Sponsored by Anderson O'Brien
DESCRIPTION:BUSINESS X-CHANGE PRESENTATION   SEPTEMBER 9\, 2026\n\n \n\nBusiness X-Change meets regularly throughout the year.  Our September X-Change will be held at the Portage County Business Council office. Business X-Change allows business owners and their employees the opportunity to discuss pertinent topics\, learn from local industry leaders and\, most importantly\, learn from each other. \n\n \n\nThere is no cost to attend. Coffee and Danish will be provided.\n\n \n\n\n\nTitle: "The Astute Employer's 2026 Employment Law Update and Trends."\n\n \n\nPresented by:\n\n\n\nAttorney Brian Formella\n\nAnderson O'Brien\, LLP\n\n       \n\nAbout the Program:  Join with Attorney Brian Formella as he guides us through a discussion of the most significant federal and state Supreme Court developments that affect Wisconsin employers. With the audience's help\, Brian will provide practical insights to assist employers meet their legal obligation to employees.\n\n\n\nTopics to Include: \n\n- U.S. Supreme Court "transgender athletes" and "conversion therapy" cases.\n\n- BREAKING: Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision Act 10 (weakening of collective bargaining rights of municipal and state employees).\n\n- Commissions to sales employees who terminate.\n\n- Neurodiversity conditions and the Americans with Disabilities Act/Wisconsin Fair Employment Act.\n\n- FMLA interference claims: A case where the employer "won" and why.\n\n- EEOC update.\n\n\n\nAbout our Presenter: \n\nBrian Formella graduated from Marquette University with B.A. degrees in English and Economics and from Marquette University Law School with honors. After graduating\, he was a law clerk to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis J. Ceci. His areas of practice include employment\, labor law\, and municipal law. Brian works with employers to establish sound employment practices. He also defends employers against discrimination accusations.\n\n\n\nWhat is Business X-Change? Allows business owners and their employees the opportunity to discuss pertinent topics\, learn from local industry leaders and\, most importantly\, learn from each other.  Business X-Change meets regularly throughout the year from 7:30 - 8:30am.\n\n \n\nSpecial THANK YOU to Anderson O'Brien\, LLP for their sponsorship of this program.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal\; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">BUSINESS X-CHANGE PRESENTATION&nbsp\;&ndash\; SEPTEMBER 9\, 2026</span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Business X-Change meets regularly throughout the year.&nbsp\; Our September&nbsp\;X-Change will be held at the Portage County Business Council office.&nbsp\;Business X-Change&nbsp\;allows business owners and their employees the opportunity to discuss pertinent topics\, learn from local industry leaders and\, most importantly\, learn from each other.&nbsp\;</span></span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>There is no cost to attend. Coffee and Danish will be provided.</strong></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#B22222\;"><span style="font-size:26px\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif\;">Title: &quot\;The Astute Employer&#39\;s <u><em>2026 Employment Law Update and Trends.&quot\;</em></u></span></strong></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Presented by:</span></span><br />\n<img alt="" height="234" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/390/Image/BrianFormella.jpg" style="width: 175px\; height: 234px\;" width="175" /><br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Attorney Brian Formella<br />\nAnderson O&#39\;Brien\, LLP<br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<br />\n<em><strong>About the Program:</strong></em>&nbsp\; Join with Attorney Brian Formella as he guides us through a discussion of the most significant federal and state Supreme Court&nbsp\;developments that affect Wisconsin employers. With the audience&#39\;s help\, Brian will provide practical insights to assist employers meet their legal obligation to employees.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><em style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14.6667px\;"><strong>Topics to Include:&nbsp\;</strong></em><br />\n- U.S. Supreme Court &quot\;transgender athletes&quot\; and &quot\;conversion therapy&quot\; cases.<br />\n- BREAKING: Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision Act 10 (weakening of collective bargaining rights of municipal and state employees).<br />\n- Commissions to sales employees who terminate.<br />\n- Neurodiversity conditions and the Americans with Disabilities Act/Wisconsin Fair Employment Act.<br />\n- FMLA interference claims: A case where the employer &quot\;won&quot\; and why.<br />\n- EEOC update.<br />\n<br />\n<strong><em>About our Presenter:&nbsp\;</em></strong><br />\n<strong>Brian Formella&nbsp\;</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14.6667px\;">graduated from Marquette University with B.A. degrees in English and Economics and from Marquette University Law School with honors. After graduating\, he was a law clerk to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis J. Ceci. His areas of practice include employment\,&nbsp\;labor law\, and municipal law. Brian works with&nbsp\;employers to establish sound employment practices. He also defends&nbsp\;employers against discrimination accusations.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong><em>What is Business X-Change?</em></strong>&nbsp\;Allows business owners and their employees the opportunity to discuss pertinent topics\, learn from local industry leaders and\, most importantly\, learn from each other.&nbsp\; Business X-Change meets regularly throughout the year from 7:30 - 8:30am.<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong>Special <em>THANK YOU</em> to Anderson O&#39\;Brien\, LLP&nbsp\;<span style="color:black\;">for their sponsorship of this program.<br />\n<img alt="" height="119" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/390/Image/AndersonOBrien2021.png" style="width: 400px\; height: 119px\;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></span></p>\n
LOCATION:Portage County Business Council office 5501 Vern Holmes Drive Stevens Point\, WI 54482
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URL:https://business.portagecountybiz.com/events/details/2026-business-x-change-9-9-sponsored-by-anderson-o-brien-13561
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