LMRDA, Preliminary Injunctions

Executive Labor Summary - November / December 2016

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/22/2016

NEWS & ANALYSIS - President-Elect Trump chooses Andrew F. Puzder for U.S. Secretary of Labor – “the times they are a changin’.” As we reported at the time, on December 8 President-Elect Trump announced that Andrew F....more

Season’s Greetings: Three Recent Wage and Hour Developments that Employers can be Thankful For

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 11/23/2016

With leaves falling, temperatures dropping, and Thanksgiving less than a day away, Americans are rapidly gearing up for the 2016 Holiday Season—the magical time between Black Friday and New Year’s when retailers kick into...more

Permanently Barred: ‘Persuader' Rule Not Persuasive to Texas Judge

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 11/21/2016

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) “Persuader” Rule is unlawful and should not become law anywhere in the United States. That is the holding of an order issued on November 16, 2016, by United States Senior Judge Sam R....more

NLRB's Persuader Rule Permanently Dead

Roetzel & Andress on 11/18/2016

Labor lawyers at Roetzel have warned clients about the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) controversial “Persuader Rules” for five years. However, thanks to a court in Texas that permanently enjoined the rule, we no...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

DOL's 'Persuader' Rule Permanently Blocked By Texas Court

Miller Canfield on 11/18/2016

As we explained in our March 24, 2016 alert, on March 23, 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) finalized its “persuader” rule, which would have required that employers and legal consultants report all pay arrangements...more

Federal Judge Issues Permanent Injunction Blocking U.S. DOL’s New “Persuader Rule”

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 11/18/2016

The U.S. Department of Labor’s narrow interpretation of the “advice exemption” of the “Persuader Rule” appears to be no more. Yesterday a federal judge in Lubbock, Texas, issued a permanent injunction prohibiting enforcement...more

Federal Court Permanently Enjoins the Persuader Rule

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/17/2016

On November 16, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Lubbock Division) converted its injunction preventing implementation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s revised persuader rule on a national...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

Implementation of DOL's New Persuader Rule Permanently Blocked

FordHarrison on 11/17/2016

A federal court in Texas has issued a decision permanently blocking the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing the final version of its "persuader rule." See National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Perez...more

Judge Puts Brakes on Department of Labor’s “Persuader Rule”

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 7/8/2016

The United States Department of Labor issued regulations earlier this year finalizing the “Persuader Rule.” Under the new Rule, employers and consultants (including lawyers) would be required to report labor relations advice...more

Federal Judge Blocks DOL "Persuader" Rule

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 7/5/2016

Thanks to the intervention of a federal district court in Texas, the federal Department of Labor’s new “Persuader” rules did not go into effect as scheduled on July 1, 2016. The rules for the first time would require legal...more

New Labor “Persuader” Reporting Requirements, Status in Flux

Perkins Coie on 7/1/2016

A federal judge in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction against the new labor “persuader” reporting requirements that were due to take effect on July 1, 2016. The ruling does not impact earlier employer reporting...more

Judge Issues Nationwide Injunction on DOL Persuader Rule

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/30/2016

A Texas federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction this week barring the Department of Labor (DOL) from enforcing its Persuader Rule, which was set to take effect on July 1, 2016. This is the second federal...more

Federal Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Against DOL Persuader Rules

Morgan Lewis on 6/29/2016

Additional litigation and appeals are likely, but for now, the DOL’s persuader rules will not take effect on July 1. The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas imposed a nationwide injunction on June 27...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

DOL's 'Persuader' Rule Blocked By Texas Judge

Miller Canfield on 6/28/2016

A Department of Labor rule requiring employers to disclose when they hire lawyers and consultants during union organization campaigns has been at least temporarily put on hold. On June 27, 2016, a federal district court...more

Don’t Mess With Texas: Lubbock District Court Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking DOL’s Changes to the “Persuader” Rule

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 6/28/2016

Employers and trade associations breathed a collective sigh of relief today after Lubbock District Court Judge Sam R. Cummings entered a nationwide injunction preventing the DOL from enforcing its changes to the “persuader”...more

Lubbock Judge Grants Motion to Halt Persuader Rule

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/28/2016

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 Injunction,...more

New Persuader Rule Blocked by Federal Court

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 6/28/2016

On Monday, June 27, 2016, U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings entered a nationwide injunction in the case of National Federation of Independent Business et al. v. Perez et al., 5:16-cv-00066 (ND TX) blocking the U. S. Department...more

Court Halts Labor Department’s New Persuader Rule

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/28/2016

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division, has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the U.S. Department of Labor’s “persuader” rule promulgated under the Labor-Management...more

Last Minute Relief From New Persuader Rule

Pierce Atwood LLP on 6/28/2016

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Federal District Court in Texas Blocks New DOL Persuader Rule

Franczek P.C. on 6/28/2016

Last week, we reported that a federal district court in Minnesota determined that the new Department of Labor (DOL) persuader rule likely is unenforceable because it conflicts with the Labor Management Reporting and...more

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

Preliminary Injunction Order

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/28/2016

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 Injunction,...more

More Updates on the Legal Challenge to DOL’s Final Persuader Rule

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/15/2016

The plaintiffs in the first lawsuit challenging the Final Persuader Rule have filed a motion for preliminary injunction, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce seeks to file an amicus brief in support of that motion. In...more

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