10.2190/CFGY-DCBX-KWCH-X3HR CFGYDCBXKWCHX3HR 309 THE WARN ACT AND ITS LEGAL HISTORY 309 323 20040723 20040723 20040723 20040723 CFGYDCBXKWCHX3HR.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=CFGYDCBXKWCHX3HR 4 HENRY M. FINDLEY EARL INGRAM SEBRENA MOTEN Troy State University, Alabama After a long period of period of sustained economic growth, the U.S. economy has experienced a recession and remains sluggish, and layoffs and plant closings are on the rise. Consequently, it is prudent to review the relevant plant-closing legislation (Worker's Adjustment and Retraining Act), attendant regulations, and subsequent court interpretations. Some seventy appeals court and Supreme Court cases were identified and reviewed. While there are several legal pitfalls firms must avoid to comply with the act, a variety of options are available to organizations that will not force them to meet the act's 60-days notice requirement.