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In Search of the New Professionalism Through Multi-Generational Lenses

Phyllis Weiss Haserot

Differences in generational perspectives can bring frustrations, resentments, inefficiencies and threats to professionalism ' but don't have to. Handled positively, differences can produce productive, engaging, harmonious, career-enhancing outcomes.

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Responding to Regulatory Agency Complaints

Charles A. Krugel

How a business should respond if it receives a complaint from any of the myriad regulatory agencies.

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Second Circuit Strips Pharmaceutical Sales Reps of Their Exempt Status

Neil V. McKittrick & Rachel Reingold Mandel

The Second Circuit recently held that pharmaceutical sales reps do not fall under any of the exemptions to overtime payment requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). The court's decision significantly impacts the classification of pharmaceutical sales reps in the industry.

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Old Law, Partisanship Pose Challenges for NLRB

Marcia Coyle

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which the NLRB board administers, has not been changed significantly in more than 60 years. The law and the board are in danger of becoming irrelevant as the world changes around them.

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Providing Leave As an Accommodation Under the ADA

Tina M. Maiolo & Alexander M. Gormley

Permitting the use of accrued paid leave or unpaid leave a reasonable accommodation under the ADA, and the purpose of this article is to briefly explain an employer's responsibilities in responding to a qualified employee's request for such leave.

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UK Is Considering Abolishing Upper Age Discrimination Limit

Stephen Brown, John Shyer & Kathryn Donovan

The new government in the UK has announced its intention to abolish the UK default retirement age of 65, effective as of October 2011, and is currently consulting about the impact that this will have on UK employers.

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Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Who's doing what; who's going where.

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Subordination Without Nondisturbance: A One-Sided Marriage Image

Subordination Without Nondisturbance: A One-Sided Marriage

Jeffrey H. Newman

Recent events have shown that the previously unlikely scenario of a landlord default followed by a lender takeover is not only possible but is no longer a rarity.

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In the Spotlight: Franchise Law

David J. Kaufmann

Many commercial leases involve franchises. Consequently, a dispute between a franchisor and franchisee can result in problems for a landlord.

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The DOJ's New ADA Regulations and Accessibility Guidelines

George J. Kroculick, Andrea M. Kirshenbaum & Jennifer Perry

On Sept. 15, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published new final regulations in the Federal Register under Title II and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), on accessibility for state and local governmental entities and places of public accommodation.

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