A regulatory committee of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals wrote an opinion in the wake of marketing efforts by legal staffing firms, according to a blog from The Wall Street Journal. Other news items from around the Web include:

• The U.S. Department of Labor has a map of the United States detailing some of its initiatives with states to get tough on independent contractor misclassification.
• Massachusetts construction firms get $540,000 in fines and penalties for misclassification of independent contractors, The Boston Globe reports.
• A nuclear power plant in Florida is hiring 5,000 temporary workers, WSVN.com reports.
• Australian job performance hit a 20-year low, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.