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03/02/07 Drafting PERM Applications With a Focus on I-140 Approval, presented at the AILA Philadelphia Chapter Annual CLE Conference, Philadelphia

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Eric Bord

Eric Bord, speaker

12/14/06 Understanding Mutual Fees

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Timothy Levin, Steven Stone

12/12/06 eCommerce: Legal and Practical Issues

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Stephanie Blair

12/08/06 Two Sides of the Same Coin? Navigating the Subtle but Crucial Differences Between the Purchase and Sale of a Residential Condominium Unit and Non-Commercial Property, presented to the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia

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Tracy Steele

12/05/06 Hedge Fund Side Letters: Regulatory, Business and Legal Concerns, presented at West Legalworks

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Jedd Wider, Timothy Levin

11/02/06 Corporate Restructuring, Outsourcing and Managing People: Different Perspectives, presented at The Human Impact of Outsourcing Symposium, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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David McManus

11/02/06 Outsourcing and Restructuring Wrap-Up, presented at The Human Impact of Outsourcing Symposium, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Philip Miscimarra

11/02/06 Wyeth: Outsourcing and Strategic Business Transformation from A to Z, presented at The Human Impact of Outsourcing Symposium, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Michael Pillion

11/01/06 HRO and Adapting to Change, presented at the Human Impact of Outsourcing Symposium, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Barbara Melby

11/01/06 HRO Meets the Real World: Reality, Truths, Myths, and Legends, presented at the Human Impact of Outsourcing Symposium, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Edward Hansen

10/24/06 Best Practices for Financial Management in Nonprofit, Washington, D.C.

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Tomer Inbar

10/23/06 Human Resource Outsourcing, presented at Keys to Outsourcing and Offshoring 2006: Protecting Critical Business Functions, New York

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Barbara Melby

10/16/06 Mid-Stage Company Exit Strategies: Path to Glory?, presented at Biotech 2006, Philadelphia

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Randall Sunberg

09/28/06 Creditor Committee Obligations Under 11 U.S.C. 11§1102(b)(3), presented at PBI's Eleventh Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Philadelphia

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Michael Bloom

09/12/06 New Employee-Friendly Retaliation Standards: The Road Ahead for Employers

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Barbara Miller, Barbara Fitzgerald, David Bowman

09/11/06 Best Legal Practices for Getting Outsourcing Contracts Right, presented at the IDC Outsourcing Forum Midwest, Chicago

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Barbara Melby

08/08/06 Digital Rights Management, presented at the Technology Law Forum, Pennsylvania Bar Institute

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Frederic Wilf

08/08/06 Internet Piracy, presented at the Technology Law Forum, Pennsylvania Bar Institute

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Frederic Wilf

08/08/06 Key Contract Issues in Outsourcing Transactions, presented at the Technology Law Forum, Pennsylvania Bar Institute

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Michael Pillion

07/13/06 Managing Complex FMLA Issues;: Reduced Schedule Medical Certification Leave and Benefit Entitlements California Family Rights (Pregnancy, Childbirth Disability - - PCDA)

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Sarah Bouchard, Karen Peteros, Michael Ossip

06/29/06 Hurricane Insurance Claims Update: Insurance Recovery

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John Shugrue, Richard McMenamin

06/22/06 Understanding and Responding to OFCCP's Final Standards on Systemic Compensation Discrimination and Voluntary Compensation Self-Audit Guidelines

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William Doyle, Jr., Mark Dichter

06/19/06 Complex Issues in Subleasing: An Inherently More Complicated Transaction Involving Three-Way Negotiation and Two or Three Documents (If a Prime Landlord Consent Is Executed Among the Parties), presented at the Law Seminars International Advanced Commercial Real Estate Leases Seminar

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Joseph Horter, Robert Cooney, Jr.

06/19/06 Investment Adviser Advertising, presented at the Delaware Investments Training Session, Philadelphia

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Timothy Levin, Steven Stone

06/19/06 Special Issues in Leaseback Transactions: Balancing the Competing Interests of Seller/Lessees, Purchaser/Lessors and Lenders When Structuring Financable Sale and Leaseback Transactions, presented at the Law Seminars International Advanced Commercial Real Estate Leases Seminar

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Eric Stern

06/02/06 Special Issues for Condominiums and Homeowners' Associations in Pennsylvania, presented to Lorman Education Services, Philadelphia

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Tracy Steele

05/22/06 Licensing Issues in IT Transactions, presented at LSI's Second Annual Conference on Mastering Complex Intellectual Property Licensing, Philadelphia

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Frederic Wilf

05/19/06 Next Generation of Contract Terms and Conditions, presented at TPI Sourcing Industry Conference, Dallas

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Barbara Melby

05/03/06 Consequences of the Catastrophes on Risk Management and Insurance, presented at the Insurance Society of Philadelphia Seminar, Philadelphia

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Richard McMenamin

04/27/06 eDiscovery: Your Blueprint to Success, presented in cooperation with American Lawyer Media (ALM), Philadelphia

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Stephanie Blair

04/27/06 Record Retention: Stay Ahead of the eDiscovery Storm

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Stephanie Blair

04/04/06 Clean Air Basics: PSD/NSR, presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Environmental Law Forum, Harrisburg

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Jeffrey Hurwitz

04/03/06 Bankruptcy Basics: A Chapter 11 Primer, presented at the University Of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center, Philadelphia

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Michael Bloom

04/03/06 Tritium: Managing the Regulatory and Litigation Challenges

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Thomas Poindexter, Glen Stuart

01/05/06 Doing Business Under the Department of Labor's LM-10 Requirements: Compliance and Practical Guidelines for Employers and Certain Service Providers

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Daniel Kleinman, I. Lee Falk, John Ring

10/27/05 Recent Developments in OFCCP Compliance, presented at the Morgan Lewis Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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William Doyle, Jr.

10/27/05 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Upcoming Year in Immigration Law and Policy, presented at the Morgan Lewis Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Eleanor Pelta, A. James Vázquez-Azpiri

10/27/05 The New Monopoly: Union-Related Expenses, Jail, and the Department of Labor, presented at the Morgan Lewis Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Kirsten Evans, Philip Miscimarra

10/27/05 The Shifting Outlook for Legal Immigration to the United States, presented at the Morgan Lewis Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Eleanor Pelta, A. James Vázquez-Azpiri

10/27/05 The Year in Labor: A Mid-Term Report on Regulatory Developments, presented at the Morgan Lewis Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Doreen Davis

10/27/05 Top Twenty Ways to Get In Wage and Hour Trouble, presented at the Morgan Lewis Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Katharine Houlihan, Michael Ossip

10/28/04 American Jobs Creation Act: How it Affects Deferred Compensation

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Mims Zabriskie

10/05/04 Biotech and Pharma M&A and Collaborations: Protecting the Deal and Preserving Your Upside, presented at Biotech 2004, Philadelphia

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Randall Sunberg

06/30/04 Insurance Coverage Issues Pertaining to Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Post-Sarbanes-Oxley: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its Insurance Coverage Implications presented at the Lorman Education Services seminar, Philadelphia

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John Shugrue, Kevin Dreher

04/01/04 Arbitration Clauses: Arbitration and Intellectual Property continuing legal education seminar sponsored by the American Arbitration Association

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Frederic Wilf

11/11/03 Key Issues In IT Outsourcing Agreements, presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia

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Michael Pillion, Peter Watt-Morse

10/01/03 Ethical Issues In Employment Law - Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia

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Michael Bloom

09/16/03 Sarbanes Oxley Act: Attorney Conduct Rules, presented to the DELVACCA Gen. Counsel Forum, Union League of Philadelphia

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Michael Bloom

09/08/03 Brave New World For Compliance Officers?; IA Week Fall Compliance Conference, Philadelphia

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W. McGuire

06/01/03 Keynote Speaker: Lessons From The Fuller-Austin Trials, Mealey's Asbestos Bankruptcy Conference, Philadelphia

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Michel Horton

09/30/02 Law & Biotechnology, presented at Biotech 2002, Philadelphia

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Randall Sunberg

08/12/02 Conflicts of Interest Issues, presented at the Philadelphia Bar Institute's 7th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Philadelphia

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Michael Bloom

April 2002 A Growing Issue: Mold

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Michael Libor

Indoor mold contamination is insidious, can be toxic – and is quite expensive to remediate. Mold contamination has been linked to brain damage, lung and other organ damage, as well as a host of other symptoms so severe t... more

April 2002 Patent Controversy Over Customer Service Call Centers

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Jay Calvert, Jr.

Your company’s customer service phone center could soon receive an unwanted call. An individual named Ron Katz claims that his 40+ business method patents (with thousands of claims) cover automated telephone call process... more

February 2002 Bill Prohibiting Mandatory Overtime for Hourly Wage Health Care Professionals Signed into Law

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Lawrence Fine

On January 2, 2002, Acting Governor Donald DiFrancesco signed into law legislation amending New Jersey’s Wage and Hour Laws that will have a significant impact on employers in the health care industry in New Jersey. The ... more

01/25/02 Outline of Issues to Consider in Preparing for an IPO, presented at the NJTC Capital Conference

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Steven Cohen

January 2002 Supreme Court Weighs in on Remedies Available Under ERISA

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Steven Spencer, Jeremy Blumenfeld

On January 8, 2002, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co. v. Knudson , 2002 WL 15399 (Jan. 8, 2002). This case addresses the remedies available under the Employee Retirem... more

12/01/01 Terrorism: The New Security Reality - How Well Can You Know Your Customers? Presented to the Pennsylvania Chemical Industry Council, Harrisburg

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John McAleese, III

November 2001 A Prevailing Approach Emerges for Pleading Scienter Under the Reform Act

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Marc Sonnenfeld, Karen Pohlmann

The courts have uniformly found that the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA” or “Reform Act”) raised the standard for pleading that defendants acted with the requisite fraudulent intent, i.e., with scie... more

October 2001 New Delaware E-mail Monitoring Law

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Michael Ossip

Morgan Lewis would like to call attention to the recent enactment of legislation in Delaware which will impact how Delaware employers monitor and/or intercept their employees' telephone calls, e-mails, or internet transmissi... more

October 2001 The Impact of 9/11/01 on Your Workplace, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

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Richard Rosenblatt

August 2001 Amendments to the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law and Related Acts

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Lawrence Berger

August 2001 Final Federal Regulations Governing the Confidentiality and Privacy of Health Information

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Tax

More than a year after the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued proposed regulations, mandated by Congress under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), HHS issued final r... more

08/01/01 Keys to Effective Motions Practice in the Civil Case, presented at the PBI's 27th Annual Essentials of Pennsylvania Practice, Mechanicsburg, PA

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Brady Green

August 2001 OSHA Begins Enforcing Its Revised Bloodborne Pathogens Standard

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Dennis Morikawa

On January 18, 2001, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a revised bloodborne pathogens standard (29 CFR § 1910.1030) in accordance with a legislative mandate contained in the Needlestick Saf... more

08/01/01 Tax Aspects of Executive Compensation, presented at the ABA Annual meeting for the Labor and Employment Law Section, Chicago

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Joseph Ronan, Jr.

August 2001 Technology Outsourcing: Retaining Control in an Outsourced Environment, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

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Michael Pillion, Barbara Melby

July 2001 Overview of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Provisions Applicable to Retirement and Welfare Plans

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Joseph Ronan, Jr.

On June 7, 2001, President Bush signed into law the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (“EGTRRA”), a comprehensive tax bill that significantly cuts federal income tax rates, provides some relief for the “marri... more

June 2001 Protect Your Web Site and Online Service: Service Provider Liability Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

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Frederic Wilf

Several years ago, an Internet service provider was sued and faced substantial liability merely for being a conduit for certain electronic messages containing material that allegedly infringed certain copyrights held by the ... more

Summer 2001 What Global Name Registry Ltd. Has Planned for the Dot-Name Arena, IP Law Newsletter

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Frederic Wilf

05/07/01 Panelist: New Economy Strategies for Troubled Companies , held at a Morgan Lewis Seminar, Philadelphia

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Michael Bloom

04/10/01 Ethical Issues in Employment Law, presented at a Morgan Lewis Seminar, Philadelphia

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Michael Bloom, Steven Wall

04/01/01 Biotechnology and the Law: Patent Developments and Licensing Trends, presented at Biotech 2001, Philadelphia

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Randall Sunberg

04/01/01 Critical Labor and Employment Issues Affecting Emerging Growth Companies, presented to the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia

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Michael Ossip

April 2001 FMLA Q&A (with Forms), The Practical Lawyer

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Michael Ossip

April 2001 Top Ten Key Legal Issues to Consider When Drafting Internet-Based Outsourcing Agreements, New Jersey Tech News

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Barbara Melby, Randall Sunberg, David Glazer

03/01/01 Ritalin Class Action Litigation: A Defense Lawyer's Perspective, presented at the American Conference Institute Ritalin Litigation, New York

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J. Cooney, Jr.

March 2001 The Dot-Biz Registration Process: What Trademark Owners Can Expect, The Internet Newsletter

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Frederic Wilf

01/01/01 Basic Principles Regarding the Trademark Exhaustion Doctrine and Gray Market Goods

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Paul Weller

January 2001 New EEOC Regulations Prohibit "Tender Back" Provisions and Limit Usefulness of Covenants Not to Sue in ADEA Waiver

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Michael Ossip

Over the past several years, waivers have become a common tool in preventing future disputes between employers and their employees. Employers often require employees to sign releases or waivers of any employment-related ... more

December 2000 The Alarming Rise in the Use of Civil Conspiracy Theories in Mass Tort Litigation, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

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Joseph Duffy, James Pagliaro, Brian Shaffer

November 2000 California Trial Court Finds Ford Acted Fraudulently by Not Reporting Safety Information to Federal Agenices

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J. Cooney, Jr., Kathleen Sanzo

Last month, a California Superior Court judge issued an opinion following a nonjury trial in which he ordered the recall of nearly 1.3 million Ford motor vehicles due to Ford's failure to disclose and correct defects in its ... more

November 2000 EEOC Issues Enforcement Guidance Regarding Discrimination in Employee Benefits

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Employee Benefits

On October 3, 2000, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released enforcement guidance (the “Guidance”) analyzing discrimination in employee benefits. The Guidance serves as a reference for EEOC personnel... more

November 2000 New Federal Law Takes Effect That Gives Legal Validity to Electronic Signatures and Records

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Stephen Goodman, Michael Pillion, Peter Watt-Morse, Frederic Wilf

The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (“E-Sign”) became effective on October 1, 2000, giving electronic signatures, contracts and records the same legal validity as equivalent paper signatures, contra... more

November 2000 OSHA's Final Ergonomics Program Standard

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Thomas Huggett, Dennis Morikawa, Jeremy Blumenfeld

In November 14, 2000, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") published in the Federal Register the final ergonomics program standard, to be codified at 29 C.F.R. § 1910.900. The standard -- w... more

October 2000 New Department of Labor Exemption Improves Ability to Fund Benefits Through Captive Insurers

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Robert Abramowitz

The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) has granted an exemption that will significantly expand an employer's ability to fund employee benefits through a captive insurance company. The exemption is significant beca... more

September 2000 Guardian of our Most Important Legacy, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Vol. 8, No. 9

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Alan Reed

September 2000 NLRB Alters Rules for Organizing Temporary and Contingent Workers

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Charles Cohen, Lawrence Fine

The National Labor Relations Board has been at it again. This time it has substantially altered the rules regarding temporary and contingent workers. On August 25, 2000, the NLRB issued its decision in M.B. Sturgismore

September 2000 Retirement Plan Investment Decisions Attacked in Class Actions Threatening Financial Services Industry

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Steven Spencer, Joseph Costello, Michael Banks

During the past year, there have been a number of lawsuits in which groups of retirement plan participants have challenged the plan investment decisions of plan fiduciaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (... more

08/01/00 E-Commerce: Intellectual Property Issues, presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute

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Frederic Wilf

08/01/00 E-Commerce: The World Comes to the Students, presented at Temple University, Family and Consumer Science Academy, Malvern, PA

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Frederic Wilf

August 2000 The Third Circuit Changes the Landscape of the ADEA and the Retiree Health Benefits

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Paul Evans, Steven Spencer

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals rendered a decision in Erie County Retirees Association v. County of Erie , No. 99-3877, 2000 WL 1053833 (3d Cir. Aug. 1, 2000) that expands the prohibitions of the Age Discriminati... more

07/20/00 Panelist: Maintaining Confidentiality and the Attorney-Client Privilege - City of Philadelphia Law Department

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Michael Bloom

07/07/00 Corporations Seek Costs, Fees, Sanctions for Frivolous Lawsuits, Corporate Counsel Weekly

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Richard Rosenblatt, Michael Banks

July 2000 NLRB Extends Rights to Have Co-Employee Present at Investigatory Interviews to Non-Unionized Employers

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Charles Cohen, Lawrence Fine

On July 10, 2000, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled in Epilepsy Foundation of Northeast Ohio , that non-unionized employees have a right under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to have a coworker ... more

July 2000 Recent Court of Appeals Decisions Permit Securities Fraud Claims to Proceed

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Marc Sonnenfeld, Stuart Sarnoff, Karen Pohlmann

When Congress enacted the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA or Reform Act), it sought to deter opportunistic plaintiffs from filing abusive securities strike suits in an effort to extort settlements fro... more

July 2000 Supreme Court and Third Circuit Explore the Application of ERISA to Fiduciaries and Parties in Interest

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Steven Spencer

During the Spring of 2000, the Supreme Court and the Third Circuit issued several decisions which define the scope of liability for ERISA fiduciaries and parties in interest. In one Supreme Court decision and in two Thir... more

July 2000 Underwater Options Exchange: 6+1 Can Equal Zero (Book Expense), The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

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Joseph Ronan, Jr., Gary Rothstein

06/16/00 Ethics Continuing Legal Education (CLE), presented to Kimco Realty

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Michael Bloom

June 2000 Legislation Enacted to Exclude Employee Stock Options from Overtime Pay

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Lawrence Fine

On May 18, 2000, in response to a Department of Labor opinion letter publicized last January which concluded that profits from employee stock option plans must be included in “regular rates” of pay for purposes of calculatin... more

June 2000 New Accounting Interpretation for Equity Compensation Plans - Immediate Action May Be Advantageous

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Robert Abramowitz

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has released Interpretation No. 44 (Int. 44), which consolidates a variety of interim guidance issued by FASB relating to the financial accounting treatment of equity compensat... more

June 2000 Philadelphia Ordinance Limits Employer Hiring Practices

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Christopher Ramsey, Michael Ossip, Jill Jachera

On June 30, 2000, a new law takes effect in Philadelphia that will impact employers in the hotel, building-management and health-care fields. The Displaced Contract Workers Ordinance ("DCWO") limits the ability of contra... more

June 2000 Providing Off-Label Use Information: New Decision Sends Industry One-Half Step Back, Regulatory Affairs Focus

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Kathleen Sanzo

May 2000 New Jersey Appellate Decision Refuses to Enforce Arbitration Agreement

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Richard Rosenblatt

In an April 25, 2000 opinion, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division refused to enforce an arbitration agreement in the context of an employee’s claim of discrimination under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimi... more

May 2000 Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law Update

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Christopher Ramsey, Michael Ossip

In one of the few judicial decisions interpreting the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law (“WPCL”), the Pennsylvania Superior Court recently held that an employee’s equity interest in a corporation constituted “wage... more

04/24/00 Pre-emption and the Law Against Discrimination, New Jersey Law Journal

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Richard Rosenblatt

04/19/00 Deferred Compensation Programs for Tax-Exempt Employers, presented to the American Bar Association Health Law Section Emerging Issues Conference, San Diego

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Robert Abramowitz

04/19/00 The Latest Word on Plan Correction - EPCRS, presented at 9th Annual Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Seminar, Philadelphia

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I. Lee Falk

03/01/00 Hospital/Physician Gainsharing Arrangements: Dead or Alive?, Presented at the PBI Sixth Annual Health Law Institute, Philadelphia

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John R. Washlick, John A. Knapp of Cozen and O'Connor

March 2000 Partnering with Outside Counsel for a Philadelphia Business Court, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

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Marc Sonnenfeld

02/01/00 E-Business: Emerging Legal Risks, Emerging Solutions, presented at a Breakfast meeting, Philadelphia

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Frederic Wilf

January 2000 Aggressive Defense of a "Civil Action", The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

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Gayle Gowen, James Pagliaro, Glen Stuart

January 2000 Does New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination Cover Correctable Impairments Not Covered by the ADA?, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

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Richard Rosenblatt

January 2000 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Finds That There is No Right to a Jury Trial Under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act

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Labor and Employment

On December 21, 1999, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a jury trial is not available under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA). The decision in Wertz v. Chapman Township ended speculation among l... more

January 2000 Wage and Hour Opinion Letter Could Have Significant Impact on Corporate Stock Option Programs

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Lawrence Fine

A Wage and Hour opinion letter recently publicized by the Department of Labor (DOL) may cause employers who provide stock options to non-exempt employees to reconsider that practice. The opinion letter provides that gain... more

12/19/99 Fact Pattern and Script for Scenario No. 4: Use of Learned Treatises in Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses, presented at the Mergers and Acquisitions Bench-Bar Conference, Mechanicsburg, PA

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Anthony DeCusatis

December 1999 National Labor Relations Board Decision Finds House Staff Subject to National Labor Relations Act

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Charles Cohen, Lawrence Fine

On November 26, 1999, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that house staff, composed of interns, residents and fellows, are employees subject to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The decision in Bos... more

December 1999 New Federal Regulations Governing the Confidentiality of the Electronic Transmission of Medical Records

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John Bales, III

On November 26, 1999, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that house staff, composed of interns, residents and fellows, are employees subject to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The decision ... more

December 1999 OSHA's Proposed Rule in Ergonomics (California version)

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Dennis Morikawa

On November 22, 1999, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its controversial proposed rule on ergonomics applicable to general industry. The rule, which would only become final sometime next ... more

December 1999 OSHA's Proposed Rule on Ergonomics

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Dennis Morikawa

On November 22, 1999, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its controversial proposed rule on ergonomics applicable to general industry. The rule, which would only become final sometime next ... more

11/19/99 Ethics, Continuing Legal Education (CLE), presented to the Warner Lambert Company

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Michael Bloom

11/16/99 ADA Update, presented at ML&B Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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James Kelley, II, Michael Ossip, Mark Dichter

11/16/99 Best Practices: Putting Yourself in the Best Position to Defend Your Employment Decisions, presented at ML&B Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Steven Wall

11/16/99 Cash Balance Plans, presented at ML&B Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Steven Spencer

11/16/99 Common Issues Arising Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, presented at ML&B Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Michael Ossip

11/16/99 Contingent Workforce Arrangements: Protecting Your Business From Hidden Liability, presented at an Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Richard Rosenblatt, Edward Mazurek, Paul Evans

11/16/99 Developments in Collective Bargaining, Trends in Union Organizing, and Recent Decisions of the National Labor Relations Board, presented at an Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Charles Cohen

11/16/99 Ethical Issues Arising in Labor and Employment Law, presented at an Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Michael Bloom, Thomas Reinert, Jr.

11/16/99 Ethical Issues in Employment Law, presented at an Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Michael Bloom

11/16/99 Privacy Rights in a High Tech World, presented at an Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Dennis Morikawa, Judith Harris

11/16/99 Recent Attacks on HMOs and the Implications for Employers, presented at an Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Joseph Costello

11/16/99 The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act: Structural Reform of the Financial Services Industry

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James Hunter, Jr., Kathleen Collins

On November 12, 1999, President Clinton signed into law 5.900, the “Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act,” P.L. 106-102 (113 Stat. 1338), a measure widely viewed as the most significant single piece of legislation to affect the financial ... more

11/16/99 The Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information, presented at an Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia

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Michael Eagles, Michael Banks

11/01/99 E-Business: An Executive Commitment - Legal and Regulatory Issues, PowerPoint Presentation, ML&B Co-Sponsored Meeting, Philadelphia

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Frederic Wilf

11/01/99 Jury Trials in Trademark, Trade Dress, and Unfair Competition Cases, presented at the ALI-ABA Course of Study, Litigating Trademark, Trade Dress and Unfair Competition Cases, Washington, D.C.

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Eric Kraeutler

11/01/99 Legal Issues Every Business Needs to Know When Conducting E-Commerce, presented at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Frederic Wilf

11/01/99 One on One with the Lawyers: Technology Transactions, presented at the University City Science Center, Business Advisory Team, Philadelphia

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Frederic Wilf

10/08/99 Settling Large Gender Discrimination, Harassment or Wage/Hour Disparity Cases with the EEOC, OFCCP and Non-Agency Private Parties, presented before the Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas

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Mark Dichter

10/01/99 Class Actions Litigation Comparable Worth II and Collective Actions Under the Wage and Hour Laws, presented at the American Employment Law Council 7th Annual Meeting, Napa Valley, CA

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Mark Dichter

October 1999 Recent Decisions Concerning the Reform Act Safe Harbor, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

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Marc Sonnenfeld, Karen Pohlmann

09/30/99 TRANSACT 1999 - Pennsylvania Bar Institute

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Michael Bloom

09/24/99 Multi-Disciplinary Practice: Intrusion Into the Profession or the Future of Law Practice? Presented before the Philadelphia Bar Institute

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Michael Bloom

09/07/99 The Revamped Judicial Evaluation Commission - Philadelphia Bar Association, presented before the Appellate Courts Committee

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Michael Bloom

08/12/99 Healthcare Bankruptcy and Fiduciary Duties and Conflicts of Interest, presented at the Fourth Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute

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Michael Bloom

08/11/99 The Effective and Lawful Use of Releases and Waivers: Post-Oubre Implications, presented at the 1999 ABA Annual Meeting, Section of Labor and Employment Law, Atlanta

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Judith Harris, Michael Ossip

08/08/99 The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, presented at