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NLRB to Issue Decisions Electronically
The NLRB announced yesterday that beginning next month, final Board and ALJ decisions will be issued electronically (E-Issuance) at the close of each business day by being listed on a daily e-docket sheet posted on the NLRB website...

The 2-0 NLRB Decisions Have Begun
As Rick noted in an earlier post, the remaining two members of the NLRB previously asserted that they have the authority to issue decisions. Now, they've made it official. Members Liebman and Schaumber have issued a decision in Aluminum Casting...

Labor Troubles at the NLRB
The NLRBPA--the union representing HQ employees at the NLRB, which is not to be confused with the much larger NLRBU union that represents mainly regional workers --has released a press notice detailing its objections to the implementation of a new...

Strike Two for the NLRB
If at first you don't succeed . . . it may be a sign that you're doing something wrong. The NLRB didn't get that message the first time, but it might now. In Local Joint Executive Board v...

Defense of the Two-Member NLRB
Last week, the NLRB filed the first appellate brief defending its authority to issue cases decided by only two members (see here and here for previous posts on the topic). In Laurel Baye Healthcare of Lake Lanier, Inc...

Deja Vu at the NLRB
First the NLRB-BU (the union representing primarily regional attorneys) fights to keep a unit containing both Board-side and General Counsel-side attorneys. Now the NLRB-PA (representing headquarters attorneys) is doing the same...

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Health Insurers
Dictating Medical Decisions

Bayer CropScience AG
alleging farmers suffered economic losses after Bayer's biotech Liberty Link rice was released into the food supply and countries banned US rice.

Air Line Bankruptcy
BCI Aircraft Leasing agrees to pay $600,000 settlement related to Delta Air Lines bankruptcy claims.

Merger Agreement Rejected
Finish Line and Genesco reach $175 million settlement in merger dispute.