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The National Labor Relations Board has issued an Order contingently delegating to the General Counsel full authority over court litigation matters that otherwise would require Board authorization and full authority to certify the results of any secret ballot election conducted under the National Emergency provisions of the Labor Management Relations Act, sections 206-210, 29 U.S.C. 176- 180. These delegations shall become effective during any time at which the Board has fewer than three Members and shall cease to be effective whenever the Board has at least three Members.
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For decades Richard Nixon has received credit and blame for all kinds of occurrences. Here's another one: Wesley D. Blakeslee's switch to a career in law, including years as a general counsel for Johns Hopkins University.
From the time I was a child I wanted to be an engineer," Blakeslee said. He majored in engineering at Penn State University in the mid-1960s and participated in a NASA co-op program. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1969 -- the year Nixon was inaugurated. Because of his time in the co-op program he was able to get a job as an engineer and systems analyst at NASA despite a hiring freeze.
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Ensuring employee free choice is a high priority for National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Ronald Meisburg. That means focusing on the need for success in first contract bargaining. In considering which cases warrant additional remedies, the Regions will focus on the effect of the unfair labor practices, whether committed by employers or by unions, on the bargaining process and the parties' relative bargaining strengths. The Memo builds on the remedial initiative announced in April 2006 ordering the Regions to consider Section 10(j) relief and additional remedies in first contract bargaining cases. The Memo is an excellent first step and reflects tremendous leadership, said Professor Anne Lofaso, a former Senior Attorney in the Supreme Court Branch of the NLRB. Implicitl...
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The National Labor Relations Board has issued an Order contingently delegating to the General Counsel authority over the appointment, transfer, demotion, or discharge of any Regional Director or of any Officer-in-Charge of a Subregional Office, and over the establishment, transfer or elimination of any Regional or Subregional Office, subject to the right of any sitting Board Member to request full-Board consideration of any particular decision.\1\ The Order also contingently delegates to the Chairman and General Counsel the authority to jointly determine the apportionment and allocation of funds and/or the establishment of personnel ceilings within the Agency, subject to the right of any sitting Board Member to request full-Board consideration of any particular decision. Finally, the Or...
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When Jeffery Zinn went to work in late June as general counsel at Barcoding Inc., of Baltimore, it was the second time he'd been hired to create a corporation's legal department. Zinn said he's had "really good experiences, with choice assignments" at law firms big and small, but he considers in-house work a better fit for him.
Zinn began his legal career with Fila USA as one of three lawyers with the sportswear company based first in Hunt Valley, and then in Sparks. He learned to work in intellectual property, something he hadn't focused on in law school but which he says the right person can pick up on the job. Companies often assume that a younger lawyer will understand technological and other IP-related issues, Zinn said, laughing. And, he enjoyed meeting such world-famous athletes...