Credit: 2.0 Credit Hours

Description: Learn how to draft and negotiate executive employment contracts from both the employer and employee perspectives. Materials will include a checklist of topics to consider, including: applicable law, term and termination, reimbursement of expenses, describing executive duties, full-time employment and best efforts, conflict of interest and abiding by the rules, compensation, bonuses, benefits, liability protection, stock options, confidentiality restrictions, intellectual property, contract termination, defining cause, disability and death, restrictive covenants, dispute resolution, golden parachutes, representations, and miscellaneous provisions.The program will concentrate on D.C.law, but will also compare and contrast the law and practice in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.Materials will include sample agreements.