By: Jennifer L. Mora and Jeffrey A. Berman

Once again, the National Labor Relations Board’s sole Democrat, Chairman McFerran, has issued a dissent that sheds light on how a Biden-Board likely will reverse precedent established by the Trump-Board. This update is our third in a multi-part series discussing how Chairman McFerran’s dissents are likely to

  By: Brian Stolzenbach, Esq.

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 during the Trump Administration, which our blog will be exploring over the next three weeks.

In keeping

  By: Bryan Bienias, Esq.

Seyfarth Synopsis: Former management-side labor attorney Peter Robb was confirmed as the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, the last key piece to what many employers hope will result in the Board’s reversals of several Obama-era rulings.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Peter Robb as the next General

By: Christopher W. Kelleher, Esq.

Seyfarth Synopsis: After this week’s Senate confirmation, William J. Emanuel becomes the fifth member on the National Labor Relations Board and creates a 3-2 Republican majority. But employers must still play the waiting game to see a change in course from the Obama-era rulings.

The National Labor Relations Board took

By: Marjorie Soto, Esq.

After being reportedly close to nominating retired Jones Day partner Roger King for the role, the White House announced last Friday that President Donald Trump will nominate Peter Robb, a management-side labor and employment attorney from Vermont, as the new NLRB General Counsel. If confirmed, he will replace former President Barack

By: Howard M. Wexler, Esq.

As we previously reported (https://www.employerlaborrelations.com/2017/06/29/management-side-attorney-nominated-for-final-seat-on-nlrb/), President Trump nominated two candidates for vacancies on the five-member National Labor Relations Board – William Emanuel and Marvin Kaplan.  The Senate approved Mr. Kaplan to fill one of the vacancies on August 2, 2017 by a 50-48 vote, but has yet to

NLRB By: Samuel Sverdlov, Esq.

Seyfarth Synopsis: President Trump has nominated a candidate for the final remaining vacancy on the five-member National Labor Relations Board, who, if confirmed, would give the Republicans a 3-2 majority on the NLRB.

Five months after his inauguration, President Donald Trump has finally nominated a candidate for the remaining vacancy on

By: Jaclyn W. Hamlin, Esq.

Seyfarth Synopsis: A review and analysis of select NLRB cases decided by President Trump’s new appointee as Secretary of Labor and former NLRB Member Alexander Acosta.

With the withdrawal of Andrew Puzder from consideration for the Secretary of Labor vacancy on President Donald Trump’s cabinet, former NLRB Member Alexander Acosta

NLRB 2By: Marjorie C. Soto, Esq., Jeffrey A. Berman, Esq., and Mary Kay Klimesh, Esq.

Seyfarth Synopsis: Congressional Committee Head Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Subcommittee Chair Tim Walberg (R-MI) ask NLRB General Counsel Griffin to either immediately rescind his January 31 report regarding the purported rights of faculty, students and scholarship athletes, or “step aside

NLRB 2On Thursday, January 26, 2017, the NLRB announced that President Trump named Board Member Philip A. Miscimarra to serve as Acting Chairman of the NLRB.  Miscimarra will replace former Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce, who will continue as a Board Member.  Pearce’s term expires on August 27, 2018.  Acting Chairman Miscimarra’s current term expires on December