Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry President Luke Bernstein & Team Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania boasts dynamic global and local businesses, world-class academic institutions, a robust workforce, and thriving communities. It has distinct economic regions from rural to urban, two dominant metropolitan areas, and incredible natural assets. Given this, public and private sector leaders in Pennsylvania are eager to realize the Commonwealth’s full potential. Now is the time to strengthen economic outcomes in the short- and long-term, to build economic momentum, and to establish Pennsylvania as a bold, innovative, global leader in economic development. Join the Commonwealth's first Chief Transformation Officer Ben Kirshner, Team Pennsylvania Foundation President & CEO Abby Smith, and Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry President Luke Bernstein for an in-depth discussion covering Governor Shapiro's recently announced plans to create the Commonwealth’s first comprehensive economic development strategy in more than 15 years, how Pennsylvania can leverage its existing competitive advantages and enact bipartisan pro-business reforms to make the Commonwealth more attractive for employers, and other key issues impacting Pennsylvania's business climate.


Luke Bernstein
PA Chamber of Business and Industry

Abby Smith
President & CEO, Team Pennsylvania Foundation

Ben Kirshner
Chief Transformation Officer
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Transformation & Opportunity

Gary M. Schildhorn, Esq.

Catherine E. Walters, Esq.
During 2023, employers have continued to face unprecedented challenges and changes in the employment and labor law landscape, and 2024 promises to be just as challenging!  Attend this program to catch up on recent developments in employment and labor law, including Supreme Court decisions affecting employers and employees, DOL agency activities such as the long-awaited revisions to the white-collar overtime exemptions, the OFCCP’s updated approach to enforcement, and recent OSHA initiatives.  Learn more about the NLRB’s reanimated focus on employee polices and handbooks, along with developing EEOC initiatives and new legislation, such as the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.  We will also cover several hot topics and forecast what employers can expect in 2024.  

Paul T. Rushton, Esq. & Lee S. Piatt, Esq.
Due to the relatively limited changes that have been made to Pennsylvania’s Business Corporation Law (“BCL”) and the acquisition terms typically presented to closely held businesses over the past few decades, practitioners representing closely held businesses have likely not made significant changes to their standard Bylaws and Shareholders’ Agreement forms for some time.  However, with the recent changes to the BCL that were promulgated by Act 122 of 2022 and the increased prevalence of mandatory F reorganizations and “roll-over” equity in acquisitions of closely held business, it is now time for practitioners to consider several updates to the governance documents for their S Corporation clients.    
This presentation will identify several recent changes to the BCL and certain developments to the M&A practice for closely held businesses that should prompt practitioners to revisit the provisions that are included in the governance documents for their S Corporation clients. The presenters will also describe certain modifications to such governance documents that S Corporation clients may desire to adopt to take advantage of certain favorable changes to the BCL and to prepare to sell their business in today’s M&A environment more easily.