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National Audio Seminar to Clearly Explain How 5 Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Directly Affect the American Workplace

NASHVILLE, TN, September 13, 2004 — During its recently ended 2003-2004 term, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered 5 key rulings on issues directly affecting U.S. employers and their personnel policies. All employers must understand these important rulings to avoid violating federal law.

Now—to help human resources professionals fully understand the Court’s new decisions—M. Lee Smith Publishers will present “U.S. Supreme Court Update: What Every HR Professional MUST Know About the Court’s Latest Employment-Law Rulings,” a live, 90-minute audio seminar to be broadcast nationally on Thursday, September 23 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Central Time.

By listening to this audio seminar, employers, HR professionals, and company benefits specialists will:

• Learn exactly what the U.S. Supreme Court just said about the new law dealing with ‘constructive discharge’ in a sexual harassment context.
• Clearly understand the Supreme Court’s headline-grabbing ruling regarding state vs. federal ERISA rights and regulations.
• Discover precisely what you must know about the expanded statute of limitations for claims of racially hostile work environment—and disparate treatment based on race.
• Hear how the high court ruled on age discrimination and ‘reverse age discrimination’—and how this new landscape affects an organization.
• Learn about the Court’s review of benefit issues and why these decisions are so important in this era of cost containment.

About the Presenters
John M. Husband, who is listed in ‘The Best Lawyers in America,’ is a partner in the Denver office of Holland & Hart LLP. Mr. Husband recently was named ‘Best of the Bar’ in labor and employment law by the ‘Denver Business Journal.’ He is a fellow of The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers, and is one of the editors of ‘Colorado Employment Law Letter.’ He is a frequent lecturer on employment law issues.

Alan D. Schuchman of Holland & Hart LLP focuses his practice on the counseling and defense of local and national employers on a variety of matters arising from the employer-employee and employer-union relationship. Mr. Schuchman is one of the editors of, and a frequent contributor to, ‘Colorado Employment Law Letter.’ He recently authored a chapter on non-solicitation in the ‘Colorado Practitioner’s Guide to Employment Law,’ and frequently lectures on employment law issues.

Because “U.S. Supreme Court Update” is an audio seminar, registrants do not leave their offices to participate. They simply tune in to the live 60-minute presentation via their own office speakerphone or telephone, and may train as many employees as they like for one per-listening-site fee of $167. Companies register by calling KRM Information Services (which is handling registration for this event) at 800-775-7654.

About M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC
Founded in 1975, M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC of Brentwood, Tennessee is the only company in America that produces a state-specific workplace law newsletter for all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. The company also produces a wide variety of other newsletters, national and state-specific workplace law conferences and seminars, and other information products for HR professionals, business people, and attorneys, including the national award-winning video-based training series 10 Danger Zones for Supervisors. For more information please visit HRHero.com or mleesmith.com.

NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: John Husband and Alan D. Schuchman are available as expert sources for news reports or features associated with this or other workplace-law topics. To schedule an interview, please contact David Carew at M. Lee Smith Publishers at 800-274-6774, ext. 8077 or via e-mail at dcarew@mleesmith.com.

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