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2008

March

  • D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Opinion That Encouraged Settlement of Employment Law Claims
  • New Florida Law Requires Employers To Provide Domestic Violence Leave
  • Waiver of the Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege: The "Garden Variety" Damages Conundrum
  • Unfair Labor Practices

2007

June

  • Eleventh Circuit Provides Guidance for Employers Conducting Sexual Harassment Investigations.
  • Employment Lawyer's HIPAA Guide
  • Case Notes - Federal Labor & Employment Law Cases

February/March

  • Speedway Superamerica vs. Dupont
  • Reducing the Need for Sanctions
  • Proposed E-Discovery Rules
  • 7th Annual Labor & Employment Law
    Certification Review
  • General Releases in Severance
    Agreements and the Settlement of
    Employment Claims – A Potential Trap Cloaked in a Hobson’s Choice

2006

July/August

  • Employer §1981 Hostile Work
    Environment Liability May Extend
    to Independent Contractors
  • Florida Has New Minimum Wage
    Implementing Legislation
  • Misclassified Employees:
    Don’t Forget the Fringe Benefits!
  • The Supreme Court’s Decision in
    Ash v. Tyson Foods
  • Commission Orders Rerun Election Based
    on Unlawful Pre-Election Conduct
  • Service First, Twice More

2005

October/November

  • Blowing the Corporate Whistle: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Not Your Gardeb-Variety Discrimination Claim
  • Guidelines For An Effective Cross-
    Examination: The Science Behind The Art
  • Liability of Sponsoring School Boards For
    Charter Schools’ Hiring and Retention Practices
  • First District Court of Appeal Reverses
    Commission on Successorship Issue

May

  • Section Website – A Resource?
  • Florida’s New Mediation Confidentiality and
    Privilege Act: What the Litigator Needs to Know
  • Courts Expand Employees’ Rights and
    Protections for Workers’ Compensation
    Retaliation Claims
  • Florida Voters Pass Minimum Wage
    Amendment
  • A Thirty Year Journey in Southern Public
    Labor and Employment Law

2004

January

  • The Eleventh Circuit Refuses to Tolerate the EEOC's "All or Nothing" Approach to Concilation
  • Do Not Miss the Opportunity To Be Involved in the Section's Success
  • Committee Restructuring
  • Juducial Outreach Subcommittee UpDate
  • Know Your Enemy in Employment Mediation

May

  • Supreme Court Reviews Employer’s
    Obligation Under the ADA to Rehire
    Employee Previously Dismissed for
    Violating Employer’s Drug and Alcohol Policy
  • Employee Organization Must Disclose Financial Information to its Members
  • Supreme Court to Decide if States Are Immune to Damage Actions by Individuals Under Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act
  • Fiscal Problems and Unilateral Changes
  • Voluntary Trial Resolution:
    Tailor-Made for Employment Claims

November

  • Firm Remembers Past Chair Bill Sizemore
  • A Tribute from a Client, a Neighbor & a Friend
  • Department of Labor Issues New Notice Requirements Under COBRA
  • Preventing Employee Internet Abuse
  • National Labor Relations Board Sounds the Retreat: Non-Unionized Employees No Longer Have Right to Bring a Coworker to Investigatory Interviews
  • University Boards of Trustees Are Not Successors to Florida Board of Education
  • Severance Pay Provisions in Employment Contracts
  • Fee Awards to Defendants Under Florida’s Private Whistle-Blower Law
  • The U.S. Supreme Court Defines “Age” Under the ADEA
  • Chesnut II: The Back Pay Proceedings

2003

March

  • Florida Supreme Court Issues Ruling
    Removing Two Options for Employers to Obtain Dismissal of Claims Under the Florida Civil Rights Act
  • Military Reserve Personnel:
    The Rights of Employees and Employers During Active Duty Deployments
  • Supreme Court Addresses Timeliness of Filing of Title VII Charges
  • Corporate Misdeeds and Their Impact Upon Enforceability of Executive Employment Agreement Indemnification Provisions
  • The Arbitrability of Employment Disputes: When Process Matters

September

  • W. Gary Vause: A Life of Service
  • 2003 Amendments to the Florida
    Civil Rights Act
  • Recapping the 2002-2003 Supreme Court Term
  • The Supreme Court Confirms That
    Employers Can Remove Fair Labor
    Standards Act Cases to Federal Court
  • Restrictive E-mail Policies and the
    National Labor Relations Act —
    2003 Update
  • Federal Unions’ “Perfect Storm”
  • Ten Ingredients for a Successful Mediation Process
  • Tribute to Gary Vause – A Personal Remembrance
  • Dean Gary Vause – A Genuine Gentleman
  • Dean Vause — Tribute from a Former Student
  • Gary Vause — Legal Community Feels Loss

2002

February

  • The Eleventh Circuit Rules that Price Waterhouse Was Not Overruled by the 1991 Civil Rights Act in Title VII Retaliation Claims and 1983 Claims
  • High Court Hears Oral Argument in ADA Case
  • In Defining the Term "Similarity Situated," Eleventh Circuit Forges Two Divergent Roads
  • Those Tasks Aren't Important - The Supreme Court Limits Application of The ADA
  • Contraception Conundrum
  • Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants by an Assignee or Successor under Florida Law
  • What America Means To Me
  • Significant Changes Ahead for Career Service Appeals
  • The Eleventh Circuit Restricts Use of Evidence of Comparators
  • EEOC Compliance Manual Chapter 3 and the Courts - Part 1: Employee Benefits and the ADA - EEOC Scores in the Eleventh Circuit

2001

June

  • Service First: State Career Service System Reform
  • Expanding the Scope of Arbitration Agreements: The Supreme Court's Decision in Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams
  • Medical Inquiries and Examinations Under The Americans with Disabilities Act: The EEOC's New Enforcement Guidance
  • OSHA Ergonomics Standards Repealed
  • Law School May Create More Marilyn Holifields

September

  • PGA Tour, Inc.v. Martin: Benevolent Compassion or Legally Required Accommodation?
  • Supreme Court To Consider Medical Leave Case
  • Valuing Employee Stock Options In Employment Actions
  • Sexual Harassment: A Recognized Independent Tort?
  • Silent Suffering Kills Sex Harassment Cases

2000

February

  • Kimel v. Board of Regents - Supreme Court Continues Its March for Federalism: ADEA Not "Appropriate" Legislation
  • Whose Burden is it Anyway? The Eleventh Circuit's Evolving Standard for "Burden-Shifting" in Employment Discrimination Cases
  • Plans Underway for the Greatest Advanced Labor Topics Seminar of the Millennium!
  • IRS Invades Damage Awards and Imposes Nightmarish Damage and Attorney Purporting Defense Attorneys and All Litigators Now Have Increased Duties to the IRS and Their Clients in their Litigation/ Settlement Practices
  • An ERISA Preemption Doubleheader
  • OSHA Issues Ergonomics Proposal
  • An Overview of Jury Duty
  • Mediation in Florida: Let's Be Careful Out There!

April

  • Supreme Court Limits Written Notice Requirement in Florida's Private Sector Whistleblower Act
  • Supreme Court Approves Board Certification of Labor and Employment Lawyers
  • Lessening the Impact of the Babcock/Lechmore Rule: An Employment Poster Informing Employees of Their Rights Under the NLRA
  • What is LOMAS?
  • When Bringing a Florida Civil Rights Act Claim, Let the Plaintiff Beware: Timing Is Everything

June

  • The Federal Offer of Judgement Rule in Employment Discrimination Cases
  • Clinton Signs Worker Economic Opportunity Act of 2000
  • The L&EL Section Goes to Washington
  • Proving Discrimination Is Only Half the Equation; To Recover Damages and Fees, a Plaintiff Must Also Prove Inquiry
  • Florida Supreme Court Grants Review of Harassment Suit Based on Negligence

September

  • Attention Employers: Are You Violating Employees' " Weingarten" Rights?
  • United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. W&O, Inc.: The Eleventh Circuit Gives New Guidance As to Allowable Costs Under 28 U.S.C | 1920
  • Employees: Appreciable Assets/Potential Liabilities

October

  • Joshua v. City of Gainesville: Did the Florida Supreme Court Clarify the Statute of Limitations Applicable to the Florida Civil Rights Act?
  • Dot-Com Firms Invite Labor Law Complaints
  • Subcontracting and the Removal of Work from a Bargaining Unit in the Public and Private Sectors
  • Voluntary Trial Resolution - A New Dispute Resolution Process in Florida
  • Ten Ways to Aggravate an Arbitrator
  • Tips for Negotiation

1999

September

  • Supreme Court Scales Back ADA
  • Certification Update
  • Tort Reform and its Impact on Labor and Employment Law in Florida
  • Other Effects of the Tort Reform Act
  • The Interactive Process of Determining Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA
  • Other Notable Supreme Court Decisions
  • Application of the Florida Civil Rights Act to Extraterritorial "Employees" in Sinclair v. De Jay Corp., Gives a "Parochial" Statute Potentially Limitless Application
  • Federal Trade Commission Opinion Curtails Sexual Harassment Investigations
  • Is the Test for "Joint Employer" Changing?
  • EEOC Developments

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