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New 'Federal Employment Law Insider' Newsletter to Help US Organizations Remain Legally Compliant with the Blizzard of New Federal Workplace Laws and Regulations

BRENTWOOD, TN, August 19, 2003 —M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC, America’s leading provider of state-specific employment law newsletters and other information products, announces the launch of an 8-page monthly newsletter, Federal Employment Law Insider: An Update on New Federal Law and Regulation Affecting Your Workplace.

“We’re launching this newsletter because never before have US businesses been forced to cope with such a complicated array of new federal workplace laws and regulations,” said M. Lee Smith, Chairman & Publisher of M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC. “In such a challenging legal and regulatory environment, employers need clear, authoritative information and guidance regarding how best to manage their workplaces while remaining legally compliant with federal law.”

Smith said the most valuable and distinctive asset of Federal Employment Law Insider will be its editor, Hal Coxson, a highly-respected attorney with the Washington, D.C.-based national law firm of Ogletree Deakins. “Hal Coxson is a genuine insider in the area of federal workplace law and regulation,” Smith said. “He knows everybody who’s anybody, both in the US Congress and in the federal agencies, involved in national workplace law. Hal will provide readers with true insider’s intelligence that will enable them to confidently keep up with must-know federal workplace law developments.”

Providing examples of the types of hard-news items and trends to be covered in the newsletter, Smith cited recent and pending revisions and other developments pertaining to such complex federal laws and regulations as ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act), FMLA (The Family & Medical Leave), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (passed in late 2002 in the wake of the Enron scandal), and new federal whistleblowing regulations.

To further assist its readers, Smith said, Federal Employment Law Insider will be written in clear, plain English. “The newsletter will be free of confusing legalese, making it easy for employers and human resource professionals to read, understand, and apply. And because all this critical information is brought together in one place—into 8 fast-read pages—we believe employers will find the newsletter an invaluable time-saving tool for keeping organizations out of legal danger.”

The first issue of Federal Employment Law Insider (September 2003) now is available, with a full-year’s subscription (12 monthly issues) priced at $157. No-risk, 100% money-back guarantee subscriptions to Federal Employment Law Insider may be ordered by calling 800-274-6774.

About the Editor, Hal Coxson

Mr. Coxson has 25 years experience in all aspects of workplace law. He has represented business clients before the National Labor Relations Board and other federal administrative agencies; litigated important labor and employment cases in the federal courts; and helped shape national workplace law and policy through oral arguments and the filing of amicus curiae briefs on behalf of business clients in several landmark cases before the federal courts of appeals and U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Coxson has a close working relationship on labor and employment law issues with many of the premiere national trade associations in Washington, D.C. He currently serves as the chairman of the U.S. Chamber’s Subcommittee on Workplace Trends and International Perspectives and as a member of its Labor Relations Committee. He is a member of the National Retail Federation’s Committee on Employment Law, and also serves as Executive Director of the First Tuesday Group, an organization of twenty-seven national trade associations involved in workplace issues.

About M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC

M. Lee Smith Publishers is America's premier source of state-specific employment law newsletters and other information products for human resources professionals, business executives, and attorneys. Founded in 1975, the company today offers more than 130 newsletters - including 50 state-specific employment law newsletters (along with one for Washington, D.C.), plus national award-winning workplace law videos, conferences and audio conferences, guidebooks, and Internet-based research services.

Review copies of Federal Employment Law Insider are now available to the media. Editor Hal Coxson and Publisher M. Lee Smith also are available for interviews and features. To schedule an interview, please call David Carew at (615) 661-0249, ext. 8077 or e-mail him at dcarew@mleesmith.com.