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Presidential Appointments

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Labor Reform: What to Expect From a Biden Administration With Democratic Control of Congress

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/22/2021

At noon, eastern standard time, on January 20, 2021, Joseph R. Biden Jr. became the 46th president of the United States, giving Democrats control of the executive branch, and, albeit by the thinnest of margins (with Vice...more

Senate Confirms Pair of Appointees to National Labor Relations Board

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 7/30/2020

In a package deal, the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointments of two members to the National Labor Relations Board (“Board” or “NLRB”). Lauren McFerran, who previously served as a member of the NLRB for five years until her...more

Labor Board Back to Five Member Composition – What Obama-Era Precedent Is Next on the Chopping Block?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/27/2018

On April 11, 2018, former management lawyer John Ring was confirmed via a 50-48 party-line vote to serve on the five-member National Labor Relations Board (“Board”). Ring will replace Chairman Marvin Kaplan, another member of...more

Back to Browning-Ferris: Returning to an Obama-Era Joint Employment Standard

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 2/28/2018

Yesterday, February 26th, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) vacated its December 2017 ruling in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors (Hy-Brand), reinstating the employee-friendly joint employment standard crafted...more

Don’t Like that NLRB Ruling? Just Wait, it May Change!

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 12/27/2017

As 2017 and Chairman Phillip Miscimarra’s term drew to an end, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) issued a flurry of decisions overturning several Obama-era NLRB decisions. Because Board members are...more

Better Watch Your Mouth: Trump Board Likely to Narrow Protection of Vulgar and Racially Bigoted Employee Speech

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/13/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Friday, December 1, 2017, newly appointed NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued a memo containing a broad overview of his initial agenda as General Counsel. It previews many anticipated developments...more

The Practical NLRB Advisor: Issue 7 Fall 2017

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/14/2017

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the fall 2017 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. This issue considers how the confirmation of management-side attorney...more

A New Era For Labor Relations? Lawyers Predict Fate Of Top 10 Key Issues

Fisher Phillips on 9/6/2017

Among the most crucial federal agencies undergoing a transformation under the new presidential administration is the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). During the eight years of the Obama administration, with the Board...more

Supreme Court Invalidates Action taken by Former NLRB General Counsel

Franczek P.C. on 3/28/2017

The National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel is an important position. The General Counsel is, among other things, the NLRB’s chief prosecutor and sets the Agency’s prosecutorial agenda. The GC is appointed by the...more

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