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 Bruce E. Buchanan is
an attorney in the Labor and Employment and Immigration Sections.
Mr. Buchanan received his law degree from
the Vanderbilt University School of Law and his undergraduate degree from
Florida State University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a B.S.
degree in government.
Prior to joining King & Ballow, Mr.
Buchanan served as senior trial specialist for the National Labor Relations
Board. He has also served as adjunct professor at William H. Bowen UALR
School of Law, where he taught courses in Labor Law, Employment Law, and
Professional Sports Law, and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock,
where he taught Ethics and NCAA Rules.
Mr. Buchanan represents employers in many
areas of labor and employment law, including the National Labor Relations
Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, WARN and
employment at will. Additionally, he
represents employers and employees in immigration matters.
Mr. Buchanan is admitted to practice in
Tennessee, Florida and Arkansas, before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Sixth and Eighth Circuits and before the U.S. District Courts for the
Middle District of Tennessee and the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas.
Click here to take this course.
FMLA has spawned much litigation over whether employees' absences are
covered by FMLA and employees alleging retaliation for the taking of FMLA
leave. Due to the newness of FMLA, there are still many outstanding
questions concerning FMLA and conflicts between various Circuit Courts of
Appeal. To date, the U.S. Supreme Court has only addressed FMLA on two
occasions -- Ragsdale v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc., 535 U.S. 81 (2002),
and Nevada Department of Human Services v. Hibbs, 123 Sup. Ct. 1972 (2003).
This course will cover the basics of FMLA, the various issues which
are litigated under FMLA and current court decisions related to FMLA.
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