Labor & Employment Law

National Labor Relations Board Issues Memorandum Addressing Register Guard
NLRB general counsel Ronald Meisburg issued a memorandum addressing the landmark Board decision, The Guard Publishing Company, d/b/a The Register Guard, 351 NLRB No. 70 (2007). The memorandum gives a...

NLRB General Counsel Memo on Political Advocacy
On July 22, 2008, the General Counsel issued a memo on ?ULPs Involving Political Advocacy,? Memorandum GC 08-10, available here. This memo was apparently triggered by the GC's consideration of charges protesting the discipline of employees who participated in nationwide...

General Counsel Issue Memo On Back Pay Liability of Discriminatees
General Counsel Memo No. 09-01, October 3, 2008 entitled Guideline Memorandum Concerning St. George Warehouse is an important GC Memo to be aware of. It spans 11 pages and is intended to provide guidance concerning St...

General counsel as the voice and face of a company in some situations
A recent example of general counsel under the klieg lights was the joint appearance on Capital Hill of the general counsel of Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google. Whether the general counsel takes on the role of spokesperson depends on such factors...

Rees Morrisons Morsels #71 additions to earlier posts
Another co-general counsel department. Diane Genova and Travis Epes are co-general counsel of JPMorgan Chase, according to Corp. Counsel, Vol. 15, May 2008 at 56 (See my post of June 16, 2007: Computer Associates? co-general counsel, and cites to Citigroup...

U.S. Attorney General Gonzales Speaks At Coast Guard Academy About Sept. 11th
Last night, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spoke at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. Here is the complete text of his prepared remarks: Good evening...

US Coast Guard
Switlik Marine Life Rafts Recalled

National Guard
Sangamon County agrees to $20,000 wrongful arrest settlement.

Whole Foods
And Other Firms Sued by California Attorney General,

State Farm
Settles with Mississippi Attorney General

Ticketmaster Entertainment
Settles with New Jersey Attorney General

General Motors Corp.
alleging Saturn Vue and Ion have defective transmissions.