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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA. less -

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

Persuader Rule Is Enjoined, but What Does That Mean?

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 6/29/2016

Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently opened an opinion with this sentence: “Common sense sometimes matters in resolving legal disputes.” While it is...more

DOL "Persuader" Rule Requires New Financial Reports for Lawyers and Clients

Dentons on 6/22/2016

The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued a statutory interpretation or rule regarding “persuaders” hired by employers to assist the employer in dealing with a labor union. The rule went into effect at the end of April and...more

New DOL “Persuader” Rule Stimulates Exaggerated Persuader Activities by Proponents and Opposition

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/7/2016

We will try to keep this straightforward and polemic free. We will try. The last time there were any significant changes to the National Labor Relations Act was in 1959, when Congress passed the Landrum-Griffin bill...more

Two Additional Lawsuits Filed Challenging the DOL’s Final Persuader Rule

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/5/2016

In follow-up to our earlier blog post about the first lawsuit to challenge the U.S. Department of Labor’s Final Persuader Rule that was promulgated in late March, two additional lawsuits have been filed challenging the Final...more

The Final Persuader Rule: What You Need to Know About the New Reporting Requirements

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/26/2016

On March 23, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued final regulations revising the “advice exemption” and requiring employers and consultants (including lawyers) to report labor relations advice and services under...more

Some Surprises in DOL’s Just Issued Spring 2014 Regulatory Agenda

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/4/2014

On Friday, May 23, 2014, the White House, through its executive branch and other federal agencies, issued the Spring 2014 edition of the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. Published twice a year, the agencies’ regulatory agendas...more

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