Publications
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11.09.2023The Response of Organized Labor to Artificial Intelligence in the WorkplacePodcastsWith the explosion of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, employers are coming up against challenges with organized labor that many employers may not have previously considered.
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02.17.2023How AI and Automated Systems Use Can Lead to Discrimination in HiringUpdatesThe National Institute of Standards and Technology, the White House, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are warning companies that uncritical reliance on AI can have legal consequences, including potentially building in bias that can lead to claims of employment discrimination.
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02.09.2017Trump's Rollback of Regulations Creates Tricky Landscape for Area EmployersArticles
Puget Sound Business Journal
"Trump's Rollback of Regulations Creates Tricky Landscape for Area Employers," by Chelsea Petersen and Linda Walton, was published in the Puget Sound Business Journal highlighting the importance for employers in Washington state and across the country to stay abreast of local, state and federal workforce regulations in the months and years ahead. -
10.2016Helping Women Entrepreneurs Bridge The Gender GapArticlesIn a July 23, 2014, report entitled “21st Century Barriers to Women’s Entrepreneurship,” the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship found that while women-owned businesses are critical to our economy, “women entrepreneurs have not achieved their full potential — largely due to issues they have faced for more than three decades.”
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01.02.2014Social Media LawLawyer Publications
ALM Law Journal Press
Partner Linda Walton authored Chapter Two—"Employment Law Issues"—of this comprehensive guide to the range of legal issues surrounding social media, including content liability, privacy, data security, employment law, intellectual property, and general business and contracting issues.
Presentations
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10.09.2020AI in Hiring: Legal and Ethical ConsiderationsWebinarsAI has the power to reduce or heighten unlawful discrimination in hiring and other employment practices.
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09.30.2020
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11.14.2019Women of Color in Law: The Changing LandscapeSpeaking EngagementsWomen, Diversity & Change / Seattle, WA
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11.09.2017The Ethics of Big Data: Balancing Legalities and Ethics with the Explosive Growth of Data Mining OpportunitiesSpeaking EngagementsNational Association of Women Lawyers General Counsel Institute
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11.20.2016Boss or Big Brother? Surveillance, Social Media, Privacy and Technology Issues in the WorkplaceSpeaking EngagementsPanelist
15th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference / Seattle, WA