Opinion ID: 78464
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Heading: Application to Warshauer

Text: Michael Warshauer, an attorney who practices in Atlanta, Georgia, specializes in actions under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA). A rail labor union, the United Transportation Union (UTU), appointed him as a DLC. As a DLC, the UTU recommends Warshauer to its members for representation in workers' compensation cases, personal injury cases, and other matters. Warshauer offers this legal counsel to UTU members at a reduced fee of 25% of the recovery. Warshauer engages in normal business entertaining of potential UTU clients. In October 2002, the Department of Labor sent Warshauer a letter informing him that payments made or promised to the UTU, ... either directly or indirectly, by each DLC that is an `employer' within the meaning of section 3(e) of the LMRDA, must be disclosed on Employer Report, Form LM-10, in accordance with the statute and with Department of Labor Interpretive Regulations .... However, Warshauer did not file the Form LM-10, based on his belief that he does not qualify as an employer under § 203(a)(1) of the LMRDA.