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By: Jade M. Gilstrap

In the midst of what appears to be a proliferation of “micro-units,” on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, the NLRB declined to reconsider its decision to certify a unit of 14 service technicians employed by the Buena Park Honda dealership in Buena Park, California. Sonic-Buena Park H, Inc. d/b/a Buena Park Honda…

By:  Kyllan B.Kershaw, Esq.

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Fifth Circuit upheld the NLRB’s expedited union election rules on Friday, rejecting an appeal from construction-industry employers and small businesses

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the National Labor Relations Board’s expedited election rules, rejecting an appeal by the Associated Builders and Contractors of…

By: Richard L. Alfred, Marshall B. Babson, Joshua L. Ditelberg, Bradford L. Livingston, Stuart Newman, and Karla E. Sanchez

In a ruling that will affect most business relationships and extends far beyond either labor law or the concept of employment generally, the National Labor Relations Board issued a much awaited…

By:  Kenneth R. Dolin, Esq. &  David L.  Streck, Esq.

 Here we go again.  The National Labor Relations Board (“Board” or “NLRB”)  has adopted its expedited election rules that have been previously proposed twice and approved in part once, only to be ruled invalid by the United States District Court for the District…

By:  Bradford L. Livingston, Esq. 

Earlier today and as expected, the five-member NLRB announced that it had granted Northwestern University’s request to review NLRB Regional Director Peter Ohr’s decision that Northwestern’s scholarship football players are “employees” within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act.  After the players vote in a secret ballot election…

By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq.

In previous posts about possible unionization by Northwestern University’s scholarship football players, I likened the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) to referees who had committed a false start penalty and showed how the union’s game wasn’t just against Northwestern. This time – in a gridiron battle of acronyms worthy…

By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq.

After last week’s post “College Football Unions: Throw the Flag for a False Start,” several readers asked what might happen if the NLRB is eventually upheld in finding that Northwestern University’s scholarship football players are “employees” under Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act and therefore…

By: Ron Kramer, Kristin Michaels, Mary  Klimesh & Anne Harris

Earlier today the Regional Director (“RD”) for Region 13 of the NLRB found that Northwestern University’s scholarship football players are employees under the NLRA and thus have the right to unionize.  As a result, the RD directed that an election be held to…