Federal Employment Law Insider provides you with advance warning and true behind-the-scenes intelligence on upcoming federal regulations, legislation, and court decisions. You get guidance and analysis you can use to monitor your policies, lobby your representatives, and remain atop your increasingly complex profession.

Revised overtime classifications, proposals to allow payment of overtime in leave hours, and FMLA regulations are just some of the recent issues demanding your attention and new issues are constantly emerging. That's why you need the unique perspective found in each fast-read Federal Employment Law Insider issue.

Federal Employment Law Insider gives you a significant advantage in preparing for changes coming from the nation's capital.

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J. Robert Brame is a partner in the law firm of McGuireWoods LLP in Washington, D.C. With 30 years of experience in litigation and counseling, he devotes his practice to assisting clients facing significant employment and competitive challenges.

Mr. Brame served for three years as a member of the National Labor Relations Board, where he authored numerous opinions and dissents, and was active in the oversight of the agency.

Today, Mr. Brame represents employers in collective bargaining and managing union-management relations; counsels in matters relating to the employment relationship; and assists businesses in the antitrust aspects of mergers and acquisitions, competitive initiatives, and strategic planning.

He represents clients before the NLRB, the EEOC, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor, the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as before trial courts and appellate courts.

E-mail: rbrame@mcguirewoods.com

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David S. Fortney is the co-founder of Fortney & Scott, LLC, a law firm in Washington, D.C., that focuses on workplace-related matters, including labor and employment, government contracting, and taxes. He has a broad-based practice representing and counseling employers and executives in employment and labor matters. He frequently represents clients before the U.S. Department of Labor's agencies, the EEOC, and the NLRB.

Mr. Fortney previously served as the chief legal officer of the U.S. Department of Labor during the first Bush Administration. As Acting Solicitor of Labor, he was responsible for enforcing more than 140 workplace laws and managing an agency with 800 attorneys and support staff. He advised Secretaries of Labor Elizabeth Dole and Lynn Martin and the DOL agencies on a broad range of legal, policy, legislative, regulatory, and enforcement issues.

Mr. Fortney has testified before the U.S. Congress three times, most recently on behalf of the national employers' Overtime Coalition in support of DOL issuing revised FLSA white-collar exemption regulations.

Mr. Fortney is a frequent lecturer and writer on employment-related topics, including appearances on CNN and Fox News. Mr. Fortney was the co-author of the Military Leave Compliance Kit (2001) and lead author of the Guide to Employee Leave (1997)

E-mail: dfortney@fortneyscott.com

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Phone: (202) 689-1200