Election & Politics Law – May 23, 2012

by Ford & Harrison LLP on 5/23/2012

Executive Summary: On May 22, the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that it will hold a public hearing on June 19, 2012, and invited interested persons to share their views on its proposed rule changes relating to the...more

by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 5/21/2012

In This Issue: Federal Update -- HHS Releases Additional Exchange Guidance, Funding, Senate Budget Debate Going Nowhere…, …As the Upper Chamber Readies for User Fee Debate, Baucus Officially Weighs in on Tavenner...more

by Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP on 5/18/2012

The "quickie elections" rule of the National Labor Relations Board, which took effect on April 30, is on hold after a federal court ruled Monday that the Board lacked a quorum and had not effectively promulgated the rule....more

by Fox Rothschild on 5/17/2012

On May 14, a Federal District court judge struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s controversial new union election rule. Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that the rule...more

by Saul Ewing LLP on 5/17/2012

On Monday, May 14, 2012 a federal court in Washington, D.C. issued an Order invalidating the NLRB's controversial "ambush election" rules which took effect on April 30, 2012, on grounds that the rules were not properly...more

by Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 5/17/2012

In a sharp setback for the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”), a federal district court in Washington, D.C. (the “Court”), struck down the Board’s election rules, which took effect on April 30, 2012, on technical...more

by Warner Norcross & Judd - Michigan Employment... on 5/17/2012

Much has been reported over the past several months about the National Labor Relations Board’s revised rules for union elections. Under the new rules, many of the pre-election proceedings that used to be mandatory are now...more

by Ford & Harrison LLP on 5/16/2012

Executive Summary: A federal trial court in the District of Columbia has held that the "ambush election" procedures published by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in December 2011 are invalid. In response to the...more