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NLRB Rules That Workplace Policies Restricting Wearing of Union Insignia Are Unlawful Absent "Special Circumstances"

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​​​​​​​In a recent 3-2 decision titled Tesla, Inc., the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that workplace policies restricting the wearing of union insignia or apparel are presumptively unlawful, even if those...more

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NLRB Makes It Harder for Employers to Enforce Dress and Uniform Policies

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On Aug. 29, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued its decision in Tesla, Inc., 371 NLRB No. 131 (2022), one of the first major decisions by the now Democratic-controlled board to overrule a decision from...more

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NLRB Finds Restriction on Wearing Union Insignia In Workplace Unlawful

In a continuation of the current National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”) reversal of recent precedent established by the NLRB under the prior administration, on August 29, 2022, the Board held that Tesla, Inc.’s...more

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Your Neutral Uniform Policy May Violate the NLRA

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In Tesla Inc., the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) recently reversed a 2019 decision in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that gave employers leeway when adopting neutral non-discriminatory dress codes. Instead, the Board applied...more

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NLRB Overturns a Trump-Era Precedent; Employers Cannot Ban Union Insignia

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​​​​​​​On August 29, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a precedent-shifting decision ruling that it was unlawful for Tesla Inc. to prohibit employees from wearing shirts bearing union insignia....more

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NLRB Cracks Down on Neutral Employer Dress Code Policies That Result in De Facto Ban of Union Apparel

Absent “special circumstances,” an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”) when its neutral dress code policy results in a bar on pro-union apparel in the workplace. In a decision involving automaker Tesla,...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 7, September 2020

U.S. Judge Halts Trump's TikTok Ban, Hours Before It was Set to Start - "John Hall, an attorney for TikTok, said that the app, with some 100 million American users, is a 'modern day version of the town square' and shutting...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.06.2019 | Top Story: Walgreens Boots Working With PE Firms to Go Private

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Bloomberg is reporting that Walgreens Boots is weighing a potential deal “to take the company private in what could become the largest leveraged buyout in history.” PE firms like KKR are apparently in the mix to assist in the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.26.2019 | Top Story: Amgen to Pay More Than $13 Billion for Otezla

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Amgen will pay $13.4 billion in cash to buy psoriasis treatment Otezla, a deal that will “pave the way for Bristol-Myers Squibb to complete its acquisition of Celgene” by addressing “regulatory concerns over their union”....more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.21.2019 | Top Story: Fed “Tailoring” to Weaken Big Bank Capital Requirements

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Beyond the revamped Volcker Rule we discussed yesterday, Federal Reserve officials are “slowly, but steadily,” making a series of regulatory changes likely to weaken “capital requirements installed in the wake of the [2008...more

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A recap of Friday’s GDP numbers, which featured both a strong 3.5% growth rate and early signs that “the growth could cool in coming months”...more

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Walmart’s broader foray into the grocery biz—letting customers order online and pick up in person and expanding home delivery—is paying dividends for the retailer and helping push its revenue up 3.8% from this period a year...more

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Tesla’s hoping that a manufacturing plant in China—the first in the country wholly owned by a foreign manufacturing company—will translate into big sales in the Chinese market. With the Chinese government loath to give up the...more

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