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District Court Approves of President Biden’s Firing of Former NLRB General Counsel, But is This the Final Word?

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 7/16/2021

As we reported here and here, there are several challenges to the authority of the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Peter Sung Ohr, given President Biden’s unprecedented move of terminating the...more

Biden Nominates SEIU Attorney to National Labor Relations Board

Littler on 6/2/2021

On May 26, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden nominated Gwynne Wilcox to fill an open seat on the National Labor Relations Board. Wilcox is currently a senior partner at a labor-side labor and employment firm, and is assistant...more

NLRB Declines to Address Validity of Acting GC’s Appointment, Instead Deferring the Issue to the Courts

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 5/3/2021

On April 30, 2021, in National Association of Broadcast Employees & Technicians, 370 NLRB No. 114 (2021), the Board declined to opine on the validity of President Biden’s termination of former General Counsel Peter Robb and...more

The First 100 Week 14: Pro-Labor and Judicial Nominations Continue and DOL Focuses on Worker Status, Pushes for More...

Franczek P.C. on 4/29/2021

In the final week of first 100 days of, the Biden administration, significant labor and employment activity includes a Department of Labor (“DOL”) official and two judicial nominations sent to the Senate, a push from the DOL...more

Peter Sung Ohr has Cemented the Biden NLRB’s Direction Despite Challenges to his Interim Appointment and Prosecutorial Authority

Littler on 3/18/2021

When President Biden took the unprecedented step of firing National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb shortly after taking the oath of office on January 20, observers noted that it was a significant...more

The Practical NLRB Advisor: Winter 2021

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/17/2021

The election of President Joe Biden, a longtime vocal supporter of organized labor, coupled with control of both chambers of Congress by the traditionally labor-friendly Democratic Party, is the prelude to changes on the...more

The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Labor and Employment Activity (UPDATED)

Franczek P.C. on 2/15/2021

In week four, the Administration’s labor and employment activity includes further reversal of Trump era initiatives at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), including a move to protect “Scabby the Rat”, the nomination of...more

NLRB Sees First Challenge to the Authority of Acting NLRB General Counsel’s to Process Unfair Labor Practice Cases after Recent...

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 1/29/2021

In the first known of its kind objection to an ongoing NLRB proceeding, an employer has urged the NLRB to dismiss an unfair labor charge against it, arguing that the agency is unable to prosecute the matter, in light of...more

After Unprecedented Firings of General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel, President Biden Names Peter Sung Ohr Acting General...

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 1/26/2021

President Biden named Peter Sung Ohr as Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board today. Ohr is a career employee of the NLRB, having served as a Field Attorney, Deputy Assistant General Counsel in the...more

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District Court Approves of President Biden’s Firing of Former NLRB General Counsel, But is This the Final Word?

Biden Nominates SEIU Attorney to National Labor Relations Board

NLRB Declines to Address Validity of Acting GC’s Appointment, Instead Deferring the Issue to the Courts

The First 100 Week 14: Pro-Labor and Judicial Nominations Continue and DOL Focuses on Worker Status, Pushes for More...

Peter Sung Ohr has Cemented the Biden NLRB’s Direction Despite Challenges to his Interim Appointment and Prosecutorial Authority

The Practical NLRB Advisor: Winter 2021

The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Labor and Employment Activity (UPDATED)

NLRB Sees First Challenge to the Authority of Acting NLRB General Counsel’s to Process Unfair Labor Practice Cases after Recent...

After Unprecedented Firings of General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel, President Biden Names Peter Sung Ohr Acting General...

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