{"id":857891,"date":"2026-09-23T15:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/857891\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T15:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:14:17","slug":"genesis-torres-to-present-employment-law-update-at-ncba-2026-annual-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/857891\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis Torres to Present Employment Law Update at NCBA 2026 Annual Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            There has been a steady stream of labor and employment developments that employers and attorneys should be aware of.<\/p>\n<p>Ward and Smith labor and employment attorney\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wardandsmith.com\/people\/genesis-e-torres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Genesis E. Torres<\/a>\u00a0will speak at the North Carolina Bar Association\u2019s\u00a02026 Annual Review, taking place October 15\u201316, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Genesis will present\u00a0\u201cNC Employment Law Update\u201d\u00a0on Thursday, October 15, at 2:15 p.m. Her session will cover employment-law decisions issued since November 2025 that affect North Carolina practice, along with statutory and regulatory developments that may impact employers, human resources professionals, and employment-law practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation\u00a0qualifies for NC State Bar Employment Law Specialization\u00a0credit.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day Annual Review program will also feature timely updates and discussions on topics including:<\/p>\n<p>Estate planning, gifts, trusts, and probate<br \/>\nFamily law developments<br \/>\nRecent North Carolina civil-law decisions and procedural updates<br \/>\nResponsible use of AI in legal practice, including ethics and confidentiality<br \/>\nNorth Carolina Business Court decisions<br \/>\nPrivacy, cybersecurity, and AI-related legal risks<br \/>\nReal property law<br \/>\nCriminal law and bankruptcy law<br \/>\nEthics issues involving remote work and the unauthorized practice of law<\/p>\n<p>The NCBA Annual Review offers attorneys a focused look at significant legal developments across a broad range of practice areas, along with sessions addressing ethics, professional well-being, and technology-training requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Register through the <a href=\"https:\/\/cle.ncbar.org\/courses\/276432\/sections\/234363\/in_person_events\/47305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">North Carolina Bar Association<\/a> to attend the program and hear Genesis Torres\u2019s employment law update.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Date: October 15 \u2013 16, 2026<br \/>\nTime: Genesis\u2019s Presentation: October 15, 2026 | 2:15 p.m<br \/>\nLocation: North Carolina Bar Center | Cary, NC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There has been a steady stream of labor and employment developments that employers and attorneys should be aware&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[28,134],"class_list":["post-857891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jobs","tag-business","tag-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}