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Employment & Labor Newsletter—March 2007

Our feature article in the March issue of Baker Hostetler's Employment and Labor Newsletter is titled, "Gaining Control of Electronic Discovery." Some of the other articles featured in the March Newsletter are:

  • Baker Hostetler Expands West Coast Practice
  • Former U.S. Congressman & Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Michael G. Oxley Joins Baker Hostetler
  • Ninth Circuit Affirms Certification of Largest Workplace Class Action in History
  • EEO-Related Developments
    • Employee Not Adequately Informed of Arbitration Program Distributed by E-Mail
    • Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment on Same-Sex Sexual Harassment Claim
    • District Court Rejects Failure to Accommodate Claim Under the ADA Because Employee Abandoned the Interactive Process
  • Traditional Labor Law Developments
    • The NLRA and Electronic Communications 
  • Pension and Welfare Developments
    • Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006 (the "HOPE Act")—Enhancements to Health Savings Accounts
    • Wage Withholding and Reporting for Deferred Compensation Under Code Section 409A
    • New Participant Benefit Statements and Participant Diversification Notice Requirements for Certain Retirement Plans
    • IRS Guidance on Participant Notice and Consent Periods for Distributions from Retirement Plans
  • Tax Update
    • D.C. Circuit Vacates Murphy Decision and Agrees to Rehearing in April 2007
    • Aftermath of Murphy Decision
  • Family and Medical Leave Act Developments
    • First Circuit Holds that All Periods of Employment Count Toward Satisfying the 12-Month Eligibility Requirement, Regardless of the Length of an Employee's Gap in Service for the Relevant Employer
    • Seventh Circuit Holds that Employee's Request for Leave, Combined with a Series of Disclosures Regarding Medical Symptoms, Provided Sufficient Notice to Trigger Employer's FMLA Obligations
  • Wage and Hour Developments
    • Supreme Court to Rule on FLSA "Companionship Services" Exemption
    • DOL Wage and Hour Division Exempts Financial Services Industry Representatives

In addition to these and other important articles, read about state employment law developments, and Betty Southard Murphy's "Inside Washington and Around the Globe."

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