State Makes Failed Attempt To Protect Workers Since Trump’s NLRB Won’t
The Supremacy Clause still prevents states from passing their own labor laws. Even if the federal government stops caring.
Fifth Circuit Takes Sledgehammer To Labor Rights
Huge win for an expansive view of presidential authority.
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Skadden’s Email Policy In The Wake Of Trump Deal Triggers Government Investigation
NLRB As Interested In Skadden's Curious Email Policy As We Are
Today Elon Musk Breaks … Civil Procedure! And Maybe The NLRB!
He crashes into more stuff than a self-driving Tesla.
Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Does A Great Impersonation Of An Authoritarian At SpaceX
Savior of the species over here can't take any constructive criticism.
Elon Musk Sustains Commitment To Free Speech By Firing Any Employee That Speaks Against Him
Remember when he lost a popularity vote and said he'd stop Tweeting and leave? If only.
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ACLU Threatens To Tear Down Labor Rights For All In Bid To Escape Its Own Workplace Harassment Case
The NLRB is digging into labor violations at the ACLU and the organization is pushing back with a disturbing argument.
The NLRB’s New Employee Handbook Ruling Throws The Gauntlet At The Supreme Court
Are we seeing the setup to overturn the right to record?
The Court’s Decision To Fill In The Facts On Employer’s Behalf Will Further Weaken Unions And Strikes
In case you were curious, the trucks ended up being fine.
Morning Docket: 05.31.23
* When the Supreme Court tried to deflect the heat from Clarence Thomas taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts, the justices signed an ethics pinky swear. Alito breached it within the month. [Slate] * Corporate legal departments are hiring smaller law firms to save money. I swear we wrote this exact same story... the last time there was a whiff of rate hikes only to have everything return to normal in a year. [Corporate Counsel] * Sam Bankman-Fried preparing to blame Fenwick & West for everything. [Fortune] * Texas lawmakers unveil new anti-ESG laws to limit insurance carriers from considering environmental issues. You know... the environmental issues they're being asked to pay for. I'd like to limit life insurers from considering my career as a crocodile wrestler too, but c'est la vie. [Bloomberg Law News] * The family at the center of the opioid crisis can successfully shield themselves from liability because that's what corporations do! [Courthouse News Service] * NLRB goes after non-compete agreements and it's honestly a little shocking that they haven't always been going after non-compete agreements. [Law360] * Chris Christie announcing a presidential run next week. Over/under on the number of times he mentions that he was a prosecutor in his kickoff speech? I'm setting the line at 9. [CNN]
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Morning Docket: 03.06.23
* Sam Bankman-Fried allowed to carry flip phone. Cue the Eighth Amendment. Just give him a rotary phone and be done with it. [Reuters] * Former inspector general revisits the Supreme Court's "oops, I mean, we talked to the justices 'about' the investigation but I cannot say that they were part 'of' the investigation" effort, and ruminates on how unbelievably inept this is. [The Atlantic] * George Conway is getting a divorce from Kellyanne confirming that marriage requires more than one person with a foot in reality. [CNN] * Starbucks' labor troubles have gone from venti to cento. [Bloomberg Law News] * Law360 continues to be laser-focused on the former NY Chief Judge Janet DiFiore beat, uncovering seemingly misleading testimony used to justify her multimillion-dollar publicly funded security detail. [Law360] * A collection of crazy law firm merchandise. [LegalCheek]
NLRB General Counsel: College Athletes Are Employees Under The NLRA
The core of Abruzzo's argument focuses on the common law definition of an employee.
Republicans Rediscover ‘Norms’ As Biden Fires Labor Board General Counsel
Don't burn that bridge if you plan to walk across it.
Morning Docket: 08.15.19
* The economy is about to tank and cost 10,000+ lawyers their jobs. Maybe someone should step up and do something about it? [Slate] * Simpson and Skadden are advising WeWork on its IPO. Common sense is advising everyone else against it. [American Lawyer] * Latest Circuit Court nominee is 11 years out of law school, frighteningly making him a model of experience. [National Law Journal] * Recovering from Jeffrey Epstein's estate is going to be a hell of a mess. [New York Law Journal] * The short-sell attack on Burford Capital could spark more regulation... even if the whole thing was bogus. [Law.com] * The idiot in charge of Barstool Sports stumbles into NLRB violation then demands AOC "debate" him. It's not a debate dude. It's a law that you broke. There's not a gray area for contestation. [Variety]
Morning Docket: 04.06.18
* Easing older partners out the door presents all sorts of problems in eat-what-you-kill firms. [American Lawyer] * Doctor saves juror's life during med mal trial. [ABA Journal] * Remember the cyclist who flipped off the Trump motorcade and then got fired from her job at a government contractor? Yeah, she's suing over that BS. [Courthouse News Service] * Do you want fries with that? NLRB's top-notch customer service bends over backward to help McDonald's avoid answering for labor law infractions. [Law360] * South Korea's former president gets 24 years in corruption case. [Reuters] * State supreme court releases its opinion allowing Tarra Simmons to take the bar exam. [Seattle Times] * Legal aid is moving into doctor's offices to help pregnant women fight for their rights. [Slate]