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How to Conduct an International Internal Investigation

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Imagine an anonymous worker at a multinational’s Egypt factory contacts the global whistleblower hotline and accuses the Cairo plant manager of dumping chemicals into the Nile. Or imagine the manager of a bank’s Mexico City...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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

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DOL Takes Action to Rescind the Persuader Rule

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In March 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a revised “Persuader Rule” requiring attorneys involved in union organizational campaigns to file broad public financial disclosures about their own and their law...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Trump Administration Begins Process To Rescind “2016 Persuader Rule”

The Trump Administration has begun the process to rescind the “2016 Persuader Rule,” one of the most contentious employment-related regulations issued during the Obama Administration. Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of...more

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The “Persuader Rule” Permanently Enjoined

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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

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DOL’s Persuader Advice Exemption Rule Blocked

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On November 16th, Texas federal judge Sam R. Cummings granted Summary Judgment to several business groups, joined by Texas and nine other states, seeking to block enforcement of the U. S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new...more

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

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

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Permanent Injunction puts Persuader Rule on the Ropes

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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Persuader Rules: Final Opportunity to Avoid Department of Labor Reporting Requirements

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently issued its final regulations regarding the “advice exception” to reporting requirements of employers and lawyers under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. ...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Nationwide Injunction Freezes DOL’s Persuader Rule

A federal trial court in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction, freezing the DOL's Persuader Rule, which would otherwise have taken effect July 1, 2016, calling it "not merely fuzzy around the edges" but "defective to its...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Legacy and Grandfathered Agreements are Not Subject to Disclosure Requirements Under the Department of Labor’s New “Persuader”...

On March 24, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“USDOL”) Office of Labor-Management Standards (“OLMS”) published its highly controversial “persuader” regulation, which requires employers and labor relations consultants,...more

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Employers Received Mixed Message In First Of Three Persuader Rulings

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July 1 Deadline Continues To Loom - A federal court in Minnesota today sent employers a mixed message about the validity of the controversial new “persuader rule” – the impending regulation that would force attorneys and...more

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Department of Labor’s Long-Debated “Persuader” Regulations Expand the Scope of the Consulting Relationships that Must be Reported...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (“OLMS”) recently issued its long-debated “persuader” regulations which, as of July 1, 2016, will require employers and their labor relations consultants,...more

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Labor & Employment Advisory: Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Regarding Union Persuader Transparency

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule that requires employers to report agreements they have made with outside consultants to craft anti-union messages to workers. As a general matter, the...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Publishes New Persuader Rule

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published on March 23, 2016, its controversial "persuader" rule concerning labor relations activity that will force many employers and their law firms to file reports annually with the...more

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Department of Labor Publishes Long-Awaited “Persuader” Final Rule

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On March 24, the Department of Labor published its long-awaited revisions to its regulations regarding the “persuader” reporting requirement under Section 203 of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA). As...more

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DOL Issues Final Union “Persuader” Rule

On March 24, 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) published the long-awaited final union “Persuader Rule,” which significantly expands the public reporting requirements of employers and their consultants (including attorneys)...more

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