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    <title>All Upcoming Audio Conferences on Thomsponinteractive.com</title>
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    <description>Conferences, Breifings, Webinars for Professionals</description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Form 5500 and EFAST2 - Are you Ready for E-Filing and Expanded Fee Disclosure?]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[It's been a long time coming, but the Department of Labor's mandatory electronic filing system for Form 5500s (known as EFAST2) is finally here! Effective January 1, 2010, all Form 5500s must be filed electronically through the new system----and it starts with reporting for the 2009 plan year. If...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Clinical Trial SOPs: Ensure Your Procedures are Compliant and Followed Correctly]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Clinical regulations are open to interpretation.&nbsp; When you or your research staff have questions about how, in practice, to ensure compliance, your company’s SOPs should have the answer.
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But do they?&nbsp; And when the FDA investigator reviews them, will she agree?&nbsp; In this 90...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Conducting Health Risk Assessments-New Regulations Affect What Information You Can Legally Obtain]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) are a critically important tool in reducing healthcare costs and determining whether an organization is paying too much for its current healthcare. But what are the legal ramifications of requesting health information from employees? The recent GINA regulations affect...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Demonstrating and Assessing Performance and Results of Federal Grant Programs]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[
It is more obvious than ever that federal grant programs that don’t show results make good pickings for critics and for those seeking to cut budgets. Less than a year after the President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law and triggered the biggest infusion of federal...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Quality Management System Audits: Achieve Compliance, Efficiency, and Bottom Line Improvement]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[64 warning letters have been issued since January 2008 for noncompliance with CFR 820.22—quality system audits.&nbsp; This, despite the tremendous scrutiny FDA investigators pay to internal audit procedures, and the importance of QS audits to the health of products that go out the...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Clinical Trial Agreement Indemnification Clauses: Protect Your Interests, Get Approval]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Indemnification is often the most controversial issue in clinical trial negotiations—and rightly so.&nbsp; If something goes wrong during a clinical trial, a lawsuit is almost sure to follow, and you could be on the hook for millions of dollars if the indemnification language is not worded in your...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[The New Mental Health Parity Regulation -- More Changes Required to Your Health Benefits]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Recently the HHS, DOL, and the U.S. Treasury Department issued regulations on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. Among the many new changes, employers can no longer require separate deductibles or out-of-pocket limits for medical, mental health and “substance use disorder”...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[New Rules and Opportunities for Companies Funding Political Messages after Supreme Court Ruling]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[On January 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations can fund cam&shy;paign advertisements from their general treasuries.
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So does this mean that you can now write a check to your favorite candidate from the corporate checking account?&nbsp; Can your company buy unlimited...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Navigating the Orphan Drug Designation Process, and the Benefits of Obtaining Designation]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[December 1, 2009: Pfizer licenses a treatment for Gaucher’s disease and gains orphan drug designation and fast track status.
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October 13, 2009: GlaxoSmithKline licenses a drug for the rare Duchenne muscular dystrophy with plans to pursue orphan drug designation.
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  	<title><![CDATA[FERPA-Making Sure You Are In Compliance with the Latest Regulations]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Although Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations were issued late last year, educational institutions continue to struggle with many of the details on administering some of its most challenging provisions. The regulations can be difficult to adhere to—including what information can...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[IRS Form 941: Ensure You're in Compliance]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Form 941 is the link between your payroll records and the IRS tax records.&nbsp; If you don’t file it correctly and on time, every three months, you could be paying tens of thousands of dollars in fines and penalties.&nbsp; 
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Ensure that you have Form 941 right, now—in this 90 minute audio...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[What To Do About "High Risk" Grantees and Subgrantees]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  	<guid>http://www.thompsoninteractive.com/site/offer.jsp?promo=GRMT0WC0&amp;priority=FKYG13997</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[One unfortunate reality of the federal grant landscape is that, in every federal program, there are "high risk" grantees and subgrantees. Officials from federal agencies or pass-through entities have lots of reasons to be worried about how such organizations are performing grant-funded tasks and...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Increased OSHA Enforcement in 2010 - What You Need To Do To Prepare For An Inspection?]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
  	<link>http://www.thompsoninteractive.com/site/offer.jsp?promo=EMLW1OC0&amp;priority=FKYG14013</link> 
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	<description><![CDATA[OSHA inspections will increase in 2010. Based upon the latest regulatory policy priorities from the new administrator of OSHA, David Michaels, employers should expect greater scrutiny of their health and safety programs, and be prepared. 
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Companies must be aware of how OSHA conducts...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Effectively Dealing With the Hovering Parent of a Student with Disabilities -- Practical Tips for Tough Situations]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[These days, most student services personnel have heard of – and experienced – the phenomenon of the Helicopter Parent. These parents hover (seemingly outside your office door) and are often as much a part of the college life as the student. While traditional wisdom suggests that we should try to...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Reimbursement in 2010 and Beyond: Understand the Changing Legal Landscape]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[
The legal environment affecting drug and biologic commercial and Medicare rebate and discount practices in 2010 and beyond is changing.&nbsp; At the beginning of the decade, pharmaceutical and biotech companies are poised to experience continued and increased enforcement actions.&nbsp;&nbsp;At the...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Interplay of FMLA with Domestic Partnerships Arrangements]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Coordinating and responding to FMLA leave requests is often complicated, but when such requests involve an employee seeking leave to care for a domestic partner, the complexity is further compounded. Simply denying such a request because there is no specific state or local leave law addressing...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Negotiating Grant and Subgrant Terms and Conditions]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
  	<link>http://www.thompsoninteractive.com/site/offer.jsp?promo=GRMT0XC0&amp;priority=FKYG14059</link> 
  	<guid>http://www.thompsoninteractive.com/site/offer.jsp?promo=GRMT0XC0&amp;priority=FKYG14059</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[You don’t have to be involved with federal grants and subgrants very long before you discover that there is a strong behavioral tendency on the part of awarding agencies toward uniformity and a “one size fits all” approach. After all, the award agreements are usually loaded with standard terms and...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[2009 Schedule C Reporting - Make Sure You're Ready!]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
  	<link>http://www.thompsoninteractive.com/site/offer.jsp?promo=EMBN78C0&amp;priority=FKYG14086</link> 
  	<guid>http://www.thompsoninteractive.com/site/offer.jsp?promo=EMBN78C0&amp;priority=FKYG14086</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Most employee benefit plan sponsors and practitioners have become familiar with the basics of the new, mandatory electronic filing system for the Form 5500, and many have also heard about the significant changes to Schedule C reporting. Unfortunately, at this point very few really understand the...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Conducting Uncomfortable Discussions with Employees -- Best Approaches to Difficult Situations]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
  	<link>http://www.thompsoninteractive.com/site/offer.jsp?promo=EMLW1QC0&amp;priority=FKYG69785</link> 
  	<guid>http://www.thompsoninteractive.com/site/offer.jsp?promo=EMLW1QC0&amp;priority=FKYG69785</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Imagine this scenario—an otherwise model employee is quietly vulgar on the phone, but loud enough that he can be heard by his neighboring colleagues. When these employees complain, as an HR manager, what must you do? Or, this common issue - an employee wears perfume so strong that her very presence...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Wage and Hour: Complying with the Latest in Federal, State and Local Laws]]></title> 
    <pubDate> Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
  	<link>http://www.thompsoninteractive.com/site/offer.jsp?promo=WGHR81C0&amp;priority=FKYG14077</link> 
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	<description><![CDATA[Now is the time to be sure you are in compliance with wage and hour laws on every level.
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The economic downturn has led state and local governments to, in an effort to generate new funds, increase enforcement of labor laws.&nbsp; Meanwhile, the current Presidential Administration has made...]]></description>
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