U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

By:  Ashley Laken

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently denied Quicken Loans, Inc.’s petition for review of an NLRB decision finding that confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in the company’s Mortgage Banker Employment Agreement unreasonably burdened employees’ rights under Section 7 of the NLRA.

Back in 2013, an NLRB

By:  Marshall B. Babson, Esq.           

           In perhaps the most important constitutional case involving the NLRB since the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or “Act”) was decided 76 years ago in Jones & Laughlin v. NLRB, the Supreme Court  this morning heard argument in NLRB v. Noel Canning.  On its

By Nicholas R. Clements

The National Labor Relations Board announced today that it has temporarily suspended the implementation of its final rule pertaining to new election procedures, i.e., the “Ambush Election” rule, effective immediately.  Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon similarly announced that he has temporarily suspended his guidance memorandum concerning the new election procedures. 

By Nicholas R. Clements

Earlier today, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the so-called “Ambush Election” rule promulgated by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is invalid.   (For reference, see our prior blog post on the “Ambush Election” rule here for additional detail on the rule.)

The Chamber of

By:   Ronald J. Kramer

On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stayed the implementation of the National Labor Relations Board’s rule requiring employers to post notices in the workplace regarding employees’ rights to unionize.  The stay will remain in effect until the D.C. Circuit Court