January 2010 here

							                               American Bar Association
                         Section of Labor and Employment Law
               Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee
                            Midwinter Meeting
                                  San Juan, Puerto Rico
                                  February 17-19, 2010


Wednesday February 17

6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.       Reception for First-Time Attendees (Ocean Garden)

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.       Welcome Reception/Buffet Dinner (Ocean Garden)


Thursday, February 18

7:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.      Registration (Ponce de Leon Foyer)

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.       Continental Breakfast (Ponce de Leon Ballroom C)

8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.       General Sessions (Ponce de Leon Ballroom AB)

8:00 – 8:15 a.m.            Welcome and Introductions
                            Susan Eisenberg, Hope Pordy and Sam J. Smith

8:15 – 9:30 a.m.            Recent Developments under the FMLA and FLSA
                            Presented by Joanna Hull
                            U.S. Department of Labor, Solicitor’s Office,
                                   Fair Labor Standards Division

       [9:00 – 10:30 a.m.   Spouse/Guest Breakfast (TBA)]

9:30 – 10:15 a.m.           Fair Labor Standards Act Hot Topics
                            Presented by J. Derek Braziel and Dennis McClelland

10:15 – 10:30 a.m.          Break (Ponce de Leon Ballroom Foyer)

10:30 – 11:15 a.m.          Fair Labor Standards Act:
                            Hot Topics from The Kearns’ FLSA Treatise
                            Presented by Ellen Kearns and Other Senior Editors of the Second
                            Edition of the FLSA Treatise

11:15 – 11:45 a.m.          Cloudy With A Chance of . . .:
                            The Equal Pay Act and Family and Medical Leave Act
                            Forecast for 2010
                            Presented by Laura Friedel, Bill Bush and Jim Paul
11:45 – 12:15 p.m.      USERRA
                        Presented by Ossai Miazad and George Wood

12:15 – 12:45 p.m.      Committee Business
                        a.  Discussion of 2011 Midwinter Meeting
                        b.  Program at 2010 Section CLE Conference (Chicago, Illinois)
                        c.  Report from the Section Chair and Council Liaisons
                        d.  Publications
                        e.  Diversity
                        f.  Other Committee business

6:30 – 9:00 p.m.        Reception and Dinner Party (Laguna Pool)


Friday, February 19

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.   Continental Breakfast (Ponce de Leon Ballroom C)

8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.   General Sessions (Ponce de Leon Ballroom AB)

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.        EEOC Initiatives and Recent Cases
                        Presented by Carol Miaskoff
                        U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.       Review of Labor and Employment Issues Pending Before the
                        Supreme Court or That May Come Before the Justices
                        Presented by Thomas Goldstein

10:00 – 10:15 a.m.      Break (Ponce de Leon Ballroom Foyer)

10:15 – 11:15 a.m.      The Financial Crisis:
                        Impact on Government Contracts, WARN Act Cases and
                        Whistle Blower Claims Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
                        Presented by Michele Fisher, René Roupinian,
                        Terry Yellig and Daniel P. Westman

11:15 – 12:15 p.m.      Ethical Issues in Labor and Employment Law
                        Presented by Jack A. Raisner

12:15 – 1:00 p.m.       Age Discrimination – Hot Topics
                        Presented by Jeremy J. Glenn

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.        Optional Dinner (ticketed event)