On this episode of Objection! You’re Fiction, Brad and Lee chat with labor and employment attorney Jeff Douglas about the 2009 film Up in the Air staring George Clooney. The conversation focuses on the employment issues at the center of the film’s plot and the strategic considerations that go into drafting severance agreements. They also get into questions like how long an employer must give an employee to review a severance agreement and provide some in-depth analysis of Clooney’s termination script. It’s a fun conversation and we hope you give it a listen!
Jeff Douglas is a partner at Kane Kessler and the co-chair of the Firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. Jeff has extensive experience representing clients in a wide-range of employment and traditional labor matters in New York, New Jersey, and nationwide.
Produced by Bergstein Flynn Knowlton & Pollina, “Objection! You’re Fiction” provides an engaging and offbeat exploration of the legal quandaries facing our favorite characters in television and movies. Every episode invites listeners into the proverbial podcast chambers as our hosts, debate, discuss, and dissect the legal intricacies woven into these fictional narratives.
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