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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 -

Will the New Administration Trump Columbia University?

Saul Ewing LLP on 2/14/2017

GOP Reacts Swiftly to NLRB General Counsel’s Memorandum Regarding the Status of Division I Scholarship Football Players at Private Universities - In a memorandum dated January 31, 2017, National Labor Relations Board...more

NLRB Moves Closer to Finding that Scholarship Student-Athletes are Employees

Franczek P.C. on 10/13/2016

On September 22, 2016, the Associate General Counsel (“AGC”) for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB,” or the “Board”) issued an Advice Memorandum indicating that a number of policies in the Northwestern University...more

NLRB Ruling on Northwestern Football Players Highlights Need for Congressional Action on College Sports

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/23/2015

In August, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or "the Board") unanimously ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to decide whether college football players at Northwestern University are "employees" under the National Labor...more

NLRB Decision on Student-Athlete Unionization a Win for Colleges, But Title IX Still in Play

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/26/2015

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a unanimous decision on Aug. 17, 2015, dismissing a petition filed by Northwestern University scholarship football players seeking to unionize under the National Labor...more

The NLRB Unanimously Shuts Down Attempt to Unionize Northwestern’s Scholarship Football Players

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 8/19/2015

In a long-awaited decision issued on August 17, 2015, the five-member National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) unanimously shut down an attempt by Northwestern University’s scholarship football players to become the first...more

Cozen O’Connor Lawyers Win Appeal Defeating Northwestern Football Players' Attempt to Form Union

Cozen O'Connor on 8/19/2015

The National Labor Relations Board announced on August 17, 2015 that it would not assert jurisdiction over Northwestern University’s scholarship football student-athletes in their bid to be recognized as “employees” and form...more

NLRB Punts on Whether Northwestern University Football Players Be Allowed to Unionize

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/18/2015

On Monday, the full National Labor Relations Board unanimously dismissed a petition by college football players at Northwestern who sought permission to unionize. This decision effectively overturned the regional director’s...more

Amicus Briefs Submitted to NLRB on Appeal of Northwestern University Decision

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 7/9/2014

As previously noted in this blog, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has sought amicus curiae briefing in the Northwestern University and College Athletes Players Association matter on review of the NLRB Regional...more

NLRB to Decide Whether Northwestern’s Scholarship Football Players Are Students or Employees

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/25/2014

Late yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, D.C. granted the request for review (i.e., an appeal) filed by Northwestern University in the much-watched case involving the status of Northwestern’s...more

This Week’s Starting Lineup Brought to You by the NLRB

Winstead PC on 4/17/2014

After a disappointing Saturday loss, a college quarterback returns to practice Monday to find his coach ready and willing to revisit the weekend and remind the quarterback that his starting position and scholarship are on the...more

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