3rd Quarter (2002)
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In This Issue (available as a Acrobat Reader PDF, to download Acrobat Reader please click on the icon ):

BEINSAXELROD: On the Job

Legislative Watch:
Your Lawmakers At Work

• Sarbanes-Oxley Act Amends ERISA Notice Requirements for Blackout Periods
• Department of Health and Human Services Issues Final HIPAA Privacy Regulation
• Paid Family Leave Becomes Law in California
• And More...

Recent Cases In The Workplace:
You Be The Judge

Labor:

• Employer Unlawfully Solicited Employees to Appear in Anti-Union Movie During Organizing Campaign
• Supervisor's Assault on Co-worker Does Not Justify Strike
• Ninth Circuit Vacates $1 Million Libel Verdict

ERISA:

• Supreme Court Denies Review of Ninth Circuit Case Setting Legal Standard For Cases Pertaining to Criminal Embezzlement From Employee Benefit Plan
• Third Circuit Confirms Multiemployer Plan Trustees Must Disclose Proposed Changes in Benefits Only When Changes Are "Seriously Considered"
• Third Circuit Call "Janitors' Insurance" a Tax Sham
• Third Circuit Allows Pension Fund to Sue Company Directors, Officers, and "Alter-Ego" of Bankrupt Employer for Withdrawal Liability
• And More...

Individual Employment Rights:

• New Arbitrator Disclosure Rules in California Could Become National Standard
• Seventh Circuit Rejects Sexual Harassment Plaintiff's Claim of Equitable Tolling Based on Manager's Instruction that She was Not to Discuss her Allegations With Anyone Else
• Sixth Circuit Recognizes Cause of Action for Reverse Discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

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