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FRAGOMEN TO DOL: TELL IT TO THE JUDGE

By Greg Siskind

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The Fragomen firm has filed a suit seeking an injunction barring the Department of Labor from carrying out the audit of all of the firm's clients. According to Thomas Williams of Covington and Burling, Fragomen's lawyer:

"The Fragomen firm filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Department of
Labor to stop the Department's unlawful and unconstitutional attempts to
prevent employers from getting the legal advice they need to comply with the
law. The Department has denied and continues to deny Fragomen's clients -
and all employers - their constitutionally protected right to counsel and it
is retroactively applying a new interpretation of its own regulations.

Fragomen is seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent the Department from
enforcing its new and unlawful interpretation of the law. We are asking the
federal court in Washington to order the Department to abide by its own
regulations and the Constitution and to cancel the special audit."

WIlliams is not just any lawyer. He is a former chief lawyer for the Department of Labor.

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on August 10, 2008 (boomark / email).

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