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WHDI Members Susan N. Eisenberg of Akerman Senterfitt in Miami and Dennis McClelland of Phelps Dunbar LLP in Tampa, will be speaking at the American Conference Institute's Ninth National Forum on Wage and Hour Claims and Class Actions, May 19-21, 2010 in New York City. Susan and Dennis will be presenting the fundamentals of wage and hour law on May 19, 2010 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Susan will also moderate a panel of plaintiffs' counsel which will address a view from the plaintiffs' bar and provide employers with defense strategies to new and innovative wage and hour claims. (April 8, 2010)

WHDI Member Susan N. Eisenberg will be speaking at Akerman Senterfitt's Annual Labor and Employment Law Seminar on Thursday, May 6, 2010. The topic she will be speaking on is "FLSA, Our Pay Practices Violate the Law. What Do We Do Now?" Her talk will address employers' options for correcting an FLSA violation. The seminar is open to the public and the invitation by clicking on the hyperlink. (April 7, 2010)

WHDI Member Susan N. Eisenberg of Akerman Senterfitt was quoted in an article entitled "More FLSA Suits Filed in Florida Than Any Other State" in the March, 2010 Employers' Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act, published by Thompson Publishing. The article addresses the onslaught of wage and hour cases and collective actions that have been filed in Florida. (April 1, 2010)

A number of the Members of the WHDI spoke at the American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment, Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee's Mid-Winter Meeting which was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in February. Specifically speaking on wage and hour topics were WHDI Members, Jonathan Keselenko of Foley Hoag in Boston, Larry Peikes of Wiggins and Dana LLP in Connecticut and Dennis McClelland of Phelps Dunbar LLP in Tampa. WHDI Member, Susan N. Eisenberg of Akerman Senterfitt in Miami is the current management co-chair of the FLSL Committee and WHDI Member Joseph Tilson of Meckler Bulger and Tilson LLP in Chicago is the former management co-chair of the committee. (March 10, 2010)

Charlotte Carne of Butzel Long published a bulletin <http://www.butzel.com/pbnew.cfm?ID=385&TYPE_ID=4> summarizing the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Davis v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (Nov. 2, 2009), in which the Court held that loan underwriters are not exempt administrative employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. (February 1, 2010)

WHDI Member Lawrence Peikes of Wiggin and Dana LLP wrote an article featured in the Connecticut Law Tribune, “Wage-Related Claims Seek Class-Wide Relief, in which he discusses recent trends in collective action cases. (January 25, 2010)

WHDI Member Jason Reisman of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP spoke at a breakfast briefing for business executives and human resources professionals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 9, 2009, on topics including the latest wage and hour-related legislation pending in Congress. The breakfast briefing was entitled, “The Rules Of The Game Are About To Change: An Update On The Employee Free Choice Act And Other Pending Employment And Labor Legislation.” . (December 29, 2009)

The Wage and Hour Defense Institute is holding a meeting of its 19 Members, along with other colleagues from their respective firms, in Washington, DC on November 5, 2009. Among the topics to be discussed are recent trends in wage and hour litigation and wage and hour enforcement under an Obama DOL. (October 9, 2009)

WHDI Member Robert Boonin of Butzel Long spoke at the Annual Conference of Michigan-College and University Professionals Association (HR) in Ann Arbor, Michigan on October 1, 2009 on “Wage and Hour Compliance Issues for Colleges and Universities.” (October 2, 2009)

WHDI Member Jonathan Keselenko of Foley Hoag participated in a seminar entitled "Enforcement Priorities of the Obama Administration" in Boston, MA. He spoke about enforcement priorities of the Obama Department of Labor. (September 23, 2009)

The Wage and Hour Defense Institute launches a blog highlighting current developments in wage and hour law throughout the country. (September 2009)

WHDI Member Joseph Tilson of Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP presented a paper, “Hot Topics in Wage and Hour Law,” and spoke at the 38th Annual Institute on Employment Law for the Practicing Law Institute. The paper and presentation focused on recent decisions involving FLSA collective actions, off-the-clock work disputes, misclassification of exempt employee issues, resolving overtime claims and managing internal wage/hour practice audits. (July 13, 2009)

WHDI Member Dennis M. McClelland of Phelps Dunbar LLP has been appointed as the Management Co-Chair of the Fair Labor Standards Act Subcommittee of the Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee of the ABA's Labor and Employment Law Section. The FLSA Subcommittee is responsible for presenting a report on developments under the FLSA each year at the FLSL Committee's mid-winter meeting and is responsible for publishing annual supplements to the Fair Labor Standards Act treatise published by ABA and BNA Books. (July 1, 2009)

WHDI Member Robert A. Boonin of Butzel Long presented at SHRM’s Annual Conference in New Orleans on “Wage and Hour Compliance: Common Misconceptions and Errors.” (June 29, 2009)

WHDI Member Jonathan Keselenko of Foley Hoag spoke recently at the seminar, “Important Wage Deferral Issues Facing Early Stage and Small Companies” in Boston, MA, on June 24, 2009. (June 2009)

WHDI Member Robert A. Boonin of Butzel Long served as the moderator for a nationally broadcast ABA teleconference entitled "Hot Topics in Wage and Hour Law".

WHDI Member Dennis M. McClelland of Phelps Dunbar LLP served as the management-side expert on the distinguished speaker panel. (June 17, 2009)

WHDI Member Robert A. Boonin and Charlotte Garry Carne of Butzel Long provided a “Fair Labor Standards Act Update (2008/2009)” to the Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s annual Labor and Employment Law Labor and Employment Law Institute in Novi, Michigan. (April 2-3, 2009)