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Call for Papers for LERA Refereed Paper Competition
The LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ASSOCIATION issues a call for papers for its 2009 Annual Meeting, to be held January 3-5, 2009, in San Francisco, CA The deadline for entries for the annual competition is April 7, 2008...

Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2008 Starts Today
The four-day Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2008 starts today [website]. Check out the Annotated Schedule of Programs and the offical Web 2.0 Expo Blog. Information Week will be providing on-going coverage of the event here...

CCFA Franchise Expo
Yes, instead of vegetating on the sofa yesterday, I spent my afternoon at the Franchise Expo, which is put on by the China Chainstore and Franchise Association. For those of you who do not get excited by the terms "area development," "royalty structure," and "master franchisor," this may not have been the event for you...

SHRM RESPONDS TO INSULTING BLOG POST BY DHS OFFICIAL
Well, when I noted that DHS blogger Stewart Baker crossed the line when he essentially called the entire human resource professional criminals, I assumed there would be a response. And SHRM has now fired back...

Call for Papers: ILSA at Heberw University, Jerusalem
Annual ILSA Meeting Global, Regional, and Local: Law, Politics, and Society in Comparative Perspectives The Hebrew University of Jerusalem December 24-26, 2008 CALL FOR PAPERS The Program Committee of the Annual International Conference of the Israeli Law and Society (ILSA)...

First annual
The Under the Dome blog refers to grammar types who are irked by the phrase "first annual." I think it's the journalist types (subset copy editors) who are most irked by the phrase...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Garden Benches
Recalled Following Reports of Injury

Medical Errors
Annual Cost to Insurers Nearly $1.5 Billion

Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill
Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill>

Fume Event
Leaves Airline Attendant Sick

Wrinkle-Fillers
FDA to Review Labeling due to Adverse Event Reports

Probation User Fees
Clark County Council pays $1.1 million settlement after misappropriating funds.