2020 was largely defined by the COVID-19 global pandemic and by the United States’ national reckoning with racial and social injustice.  In response, many states have moved quickly to enact changes in employee leave laws and workplace safety protocols, and have acted to strengthen anti-discrimination and equal wage protections focused on correcting long-standing practices that disproportionately and negatively impact racial and other minority groups. New laws and new suggestions for best practices will be discussed.

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Leah VanLandschoot is the founding member of The Litigation Boutique, a Colorado-based employment and civil litigation boutique law firm.  Leah has more than 16 years of experience handling employment and civil litigation matters in state and federal courts, and represents her clients (individuals and businesses) in connection with claims of employment discrimination and retaliation, and wage disputes.  Leah also spends time drafting, reviewing, and negotiating executive employment and comp agreements and litigating non-compete and trade secrets disputes.

Prior to forming the Litigation Boutique in 2011, Leah worked as an employment litigator at two Colorado-based national firms on the employer-defense side.

Leah was named by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in the area of employment litigation from 2010 through 2014, and has continued to be designated as a Super Lawyer in employment litigation each year from 2015 through 2021.