Election & Politics Law, Labor & Employment Law, Consumer Protection

Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House 4-12-13

by Avery T. Day, John D. Delahanty, Andrea Cianchette Maker | Pierce Atwood LLP on 4/15/2013

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House is a weekly update that provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House... ...Governor LePage’s second veto of the 126th Legislature was sustained...more

Congressional Research Service issues two reports on Canning decision

by Barbara S. Mishkin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/10/2013

The D.C. Circuit’s January 2013 decision in Noel Canning v. NLRB is the subject of two recently-issued reports by the Congressional Research Service. The decision held that President Obama’s recess appointments of three...more

D.C. Circuit’s Invalidation of President Obama’s Recess Appointments Raises Questions Concerning Actions Taken by the Consumer...

by King & Spalding on 2/8/2013

The D.C. Circuit’s Decision in Noel Canning - On January 25, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were...more

DC Court of Appeals Decision May Impact CFPB Powers and Authority

by Jeffrey M. Werthan | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/7/2013

A recent decision by a three-judge appellate panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) may hold the key to whether, and to what extent, actions taken by Richard Cordray as the Director...more

D.C. Circuit Declares President Obama’s NLRB Recess Appointments Unconstitutional

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/4/2013

On January 25, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) made by President Obama in January 2012 during a purported Senate recess were unconstitutional,...more

New CFPB Deputy Director about to be appointed

by Alan S. Kaplinsky | Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/30/2013

The word on the street is that tomorrow Richard Cordray will appoint a new Deputy Director to replace Raj Date who has been serving in that capacity since Jan. 6 of 2012....more

NLRB Plans to Ignore D.C. Circuit Ruling Invalidating Obama Recess Appointments; Validity of Appointment of Richard Cordray as...

by Christopher L. Maberry, Nancy Morrison O'Connor | Bracewell & Giuliani LLP on 1/29/2013

In what appears to be the continuation of a showdown among the three branches of federal government, the D. C. Circuit ruled today that President Obama's January 2012 "recess" appointments of three members to the National...more

Cordray Renominated as Bureau’s Director, But Court Ruling Jeopardizes His Recess Appointment and Bureau’s Powers

by Timothy S. Crisp | Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/28/2013

It’s been the best of times and the worst of times for Richard Cordray this week. First, President Obama renominated Cordray to be the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (the Bureau) director on January 24, 2013....more

Court Decision Jeopardizes CFPB Nominee

by John Dodge | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/28/2013

On Friday, January 25, 2013, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down as unconstitutional President Obama’s 2012 “recess appointments” of three members of the National...more

Legal Alert: Court Finds President's Recess Appointments to NRLB Unconstitutional

by FordHarrison on 1/25/2013

Executive Summary: A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has held that President Obama's recess appointment of three members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) violated the U.S. Constitution. ...more

Consumer Product Safety Commission Advisory: Announcement of New Nominees To The Consumer Product Safety Commission: How This...

by Mintz Levin on 5/7/2009

On May 5, 2009, President Obama announced his nomination of Inez Moore Tenenbaum to chair the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Robert S. Adler to be a commissioner. He also announced his intent to nominate a fifth...more

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