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One Cross – Two Cross – Red Cross – Blue Cross: Trademark Development Traps

by Andrea Barach | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/19/2013

Trademarks and service marks are valuable in all areas of commerce, and health care is not an exception. Providers of health care-related goods and services rely upon trademarks and service marks to identify the sources of...more

NLRB Offers Advice on At-Will Employment Handbook Language

by Theodore T. Eidukas | Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/13/2012

It is a good, standard practice for employers to include a provision in their employee handbooks, where applicable, to clarify that the terms of employment in the handbook do not alter the at-will status of the employer’s...more

NLRB Provides New Guidance on At-Will Employment Provisions

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 11/12/2012

On October 31, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Office of the General Counsel issued two advice memoranda addressing at-will provisions in employee handbooks. In both cases, the NLRB concluded that the...more

NLRB Provides Guidance on At-Will Employment Disclaimers

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/9/2012

At-will employment clauses in two employee handbooks did not violate employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act, according to advice memoranda issued last week by the National Labor Relations Board’s Acting...more

Recent NLRB Division of Advice Memoranda Regarding At-Will Disclaimers Helpful, but More Guidance Needed

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 11/7/2012

We have updated clients about recent cases from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that have invalidated employer at-will employment policies. ...more

NLRB Cases Impact At-Will Employment Agreements

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 11/5/2012

Most employment agreements in California are for at-will employment. This means that the employer can terminate the employee at any time, with or without cause, so long as termination is not for a reason otherwise unlawful...more

NLRB Division, Some “At-Will” Clauses Ok

by Proskauer - Labor Relations on 11/2/2012

The Board’s excruciatingly close scrutiny of employer policies continues as the agency looks for opportunities to expand its juridiction by rooting out all evil lurking in handbooks and other written employment policies....more

NLRB’s Division of Advice Finds Two At-Will Employment Policies Lawful

by Morgan Lewis on 11/2/2012

Advice memoranda describe limits of potential challenges to at-will employment policies under the NLRA. On October 31, the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB's or Board's) Division of Advice issued two memoranda...more

Recent NLRB Positions Challenge Employer Conventional Wisdom

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 10/1/2012

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has recently taken the position that two extremely common employer practices violate the rights of employees under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). Virtually...more

Employers Law Update - Employers Beware: NLRB Challenges Established HR Practices

by Nexsen Pruet, PLLC on 9/5/2012

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a number of recent opinions questioning and, in some instances, invalidating common employer practices and policies on the grounds of protecting employee rights under...more

NLRB Extends Reach to Nonunion Workplaces

by Morgan Lewis on 8/16/2012

Recent cases challenge at-will employment, confidentiality, dispute resolution, and social media policies in nonunion workplaces. Over the last few years, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has taken more...more

Impact of Two Small Words Could be Significant: "At-Will" in the NLRB Cross-Hairs

by Polsinelli on 8/14/2012

Appearing before a state bar association recently, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") acting General Counsel, Lafe Solomon, said that the agency will seek to strike down at-will provisions in employment handbooks as...more

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