By:  John J. Toner, Esq.

The Supreme Court today issued its much anticipated decision in NLRB v. Noel Canning, regarding the President’s authority to avoid the Senate’s confirmation procedure by granting recess appointments to fill  vacant positions. The decision specifically involved the legitimacy of the President’s recess appointment of Terence Flynn, Sharon Block,

By Alison Rath

National Labor Relations Board Member Terence F. Flynn (R), who was recess-appointed to the Board by President Obama in January, has been called to resign in the wake of  recent reports of ethical transgression.  The Board’s Inspector General, David P. Berry, recently issued two reports alleging that when  Mr. Flynn was chief