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Date	Title	Organization
1 Feb	Social Media: More Reasons to Pay Close Attention to What Your Employees Say and What Your Company Does About It	Vedder Price
1 Feb	Deemed Export Certification Now Required for Employers Sponsoring Certain Foreign Nationals	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
31 Jan	2010 Compliance Review -- What Did I Miss?	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
31 Jan	Supreme Court Rules That Medical Residents Subject to FICA	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
31 Jan	Misclassified Maintenance Worker Figures to Clean Up: Judge Holds He Was Not an Independent Contractor	Vedder Price
31 Jan	The Wrongful Distribution of Retirement Benefits to a Plan Fiduciary is Prohibited by ERISA Section 406(b)	Cosgrove Law, L.L.C.
29 Jan	7 Workers Comp New Year’s Resolutions	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
29 Jan	Recent EEOC Lawsuits Suggest a Prudent New Year’s Resolution for HR Professionals	Vedder Price
28 Jan	U.S. Supreme Court Expands Retaliation Claims Under Title VII	Bracewell LLP
28 Jan	The Interplay Between Mergers and Enforceability of Non-Competition Agreements	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
28 Jan	Changing the Rules of the Game: The NLRB Is Making Union Organizing Easier	Vedder Price
27 Jan	Ninth Circuit Rules That An Employee Who Quits Because The Business Is Closing Has Not "Voluntarily Departed" Under the WARN Act	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
27 Jan	EEOC Issues Regulations on Use and Disclosure of Genetic Information	Vedder Price
27 Jan	In One Hand and Out the Other: An Overview of Recent Federal and Illinois Tax Legislation Affecting Individuals and Corporations	Much Shelist, P.C.
26 Jan	Struggling with Intermittent FMLA Leave	Vedder Price
26 Jan	U.S. Supreme Court Allows Lawsuit By Employee Who Claimed He Was Fired In Retaliation For His Fiancée's Discrimination Complaint	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
25 Jan	New “Wage Theft” Law Imposes Greater Wage-Hour Responsibilities on NY Employers and Increases Penalties for Violations	Vedder Price
24 Jan	Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs "OFCCP" Investigations Likely to Rise	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
24 Jan	Timekeeping Systems May Hold Key to FLSA Litigation	Athena Enterprises
23 Jan	Companies Should Not Take Lightly the Need for Full Compliance with the SEC's Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP