Disclosure Requirements, LMRDA

Federal Government Continues Initiatives to Limit Employer Opposition to Union Organizing

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/7/2023

The United Stated Department of Labor Office of Labor-Management Standards (“OLMS”) recently signaled an alarming willingness to use its broad subpoena powers under Section 601 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure...more

Department of Labor Rescinds Trump-era Union Financial Disclosure Rule

ArentFox Schiff on 1/5/2022

In March 2020, the Department of Labor issued a rule billed as a measure designed to increase labor union financial transparency. Generally, it required unions with $250,000 or more in total annual receipts -- which must...more

Concluding the 2016 Persuader Rule Changes “Exceeded Authority” of the LMRDA, DOL Rescinds Them

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 8/10/2018

The Department of Labor fully rescinded the 2016 changes made to the Persuader Rules. The DOL concluded that the 2016 rule changes “exceeded the authority of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA)” because...more

DOL Rescinds Its Persuader Rule

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/20/2018

On July 17, 2018, the DOL rescinded its 2016 “persuader rule” — a controversial reinterpretation of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA) that would have required employers and their consultants...more

Department of Labor Moves To Rescind “Persuader Rule” with Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/28/2017

On June 12, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Office of Labor-Management Standards published a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding its intention to rescind the so-called “persuader rule,” moving the DOL one...more

Judge Permanently Blocks USDOL’s “Persuader Rule”

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/30/2016

A federal judge in Texas permanently enjoined the new USDOL Persuader Rule from taking effect on a nationwide basis. The new rule would have required employers and law firms to publically disclose confidential legal advice...more

The “Persuader Rule” Permanently Enjoined

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/23/2016

As we have previously reported, in March of 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a reinterpretation of the Persuader Activities Rule (The “Revised Rule”). This Revised Rule required that: - employers must...more

DOL Persuader Rule Blocked by Federal Judge

Saul Ewing LLP on 11/21/2016

On November 16, 2016, a District Judge in the Northern District of Texas permanently blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from enforcing a new regulation that would have increased disclosure requirements for employers that...more

Permanent Pause to Persuader Rule: Texas Court Issues Permanent Nationwide Injunction

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 11/18/2016

On November 16, 2016, in National Federation of Independent Business v. Perez, No. 5:16-cv-00066, a federal judge in Texas issued a permanent injunction preventing the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) from enforcing its new...more

Permanent Injunction puts Persuader Rule on the Ropes

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 11/18/2016

Earlier in the year, we reported on a temporary injunction issued by a federal district court Judge in Texas. The injunction prevented the Department of Labor from enforcing the so-called “persuader rule.” The rule sought...more

Court Grants Permanent Injunction, Blocking Labor Department’s New Persuader Rule

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 11/17/2016

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division, has converted its nationwide preliminary injunction, issued on June 27, 2016, against the U.S. Department of Labor’s “persuader” rule into a...more

Unpersuasive: Federal Judge Invalidates DOL’s New Persuader Rule

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/17/2016

On November 16, 2016, a federal district judge in Texas barred the Department of Labor (“DOL”) from enforcing its new so-called “Persuader Rule.” The rule, which would have imposed broad disclosure requirements on employers...more

Court Permanently Blocks DOL's Persuader Rule

Littler on 11/17/2016

To the relief of many employers that rely on third parties to provide labor advice and services, a Texas federal court has permanently blocked a rule that would have required them to make certain disclosures about their...more

Federal Court Permanently Enjoins DOL Union ‘Persuader’ Rule Enforcement

McGuireWoods LLP on 11/17/2016

As previously reported, on March 23, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its reinterpretation of the “persuader” rule in the Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA), originally scheduled to be...more

The Employment Law Authority - July/August 2016

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/14/2016

On June 27, 2016, in National Federation of Independent Business et al. v. Perez, et al., the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Lubbock Division) granted Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary ...more

Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Bars Implementation of Department of Labor's "Persuader Rule"

BakerHostetler on 6/30/2016

On June 27, a federal court in Texas enjoined the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) from implementing its new interpretation of the “Persuader Rule.” In a sweeping 86-page rebuff to the DOL, the court opined that the...more

Federal Court Halts the Enforcement of the Department of Labor’s “Persuader Rule”

Foley Hoag LLP on 6/29/2016

On June 27, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) new “persuader rule,” which as of July 1...more

Federal Court Halts Enforcement of DOL’s New “Persuader Rules”

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/29/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 27, 2016, a federal district court in Lubbock Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction preventing the Department of Labor’s new persuader regulations from taking effect this July 1, 2016. ...more

National Federation of Independent Business et al. v. Perez, et al.

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