American labor unions suffered a net loss of 771,000 members in 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in January 2010, a decline the agency attributed largely to the recession.

In a year-end review, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reported that workplace discrimination complaints in 2009 reached the second-highest level in history.

In 2010, employers can expect an unprecedented increase in enforcement efforts targeting employees misclassified as Form 1099 independent contractors.

Anyone who obtains title insurance, whether as an owner or a lender, should be aware of a recent abrupt and significant change in title insurance practices across the country.

The good news: directors and officers of Delaware corporations are free from creditors’ direct breach of fiduciary duty claims. The bad news: trading on inside information obtained while on a creditors committee could result in significant damages.