Publications

In another effort to support unions, the National Labor Relations Board issued a significant and long-awaited decision yesterday that gives most employees the right to use their employers’ email systems to encourage employees to form and support a labor union. In Purple Communications, Inc., 361 NLRB 126 (December 11, 2014), […]

Earlier today, the National Labor Relations Board officially announced its “final rule” amending the current union election procedures. The new procedures will be published in the Federal Register on December 15, and will take effect roughly three months from now, on April 14, 2015. According to the Board, the old […]

A bankruptcy case gives rise to certain rights under Chapter 5 of United States Bankruptcy Code. Chapter 5 causes of action are typically pursued by a bankruptcy trustee or a debtor-in-possession, a bankruptcy term for a bankrupt in a reorganization bankruptcy who has not been displaced by a trustee. These […]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) recently announced revised record-keeping requirements that will go into effect on January 1, 2015, for workplaces under OSHA’s jurisdiction. Under the revised rule, employers will be required to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours, and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses […]

On October 31, 2014, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released its Work Plan for fiscal year 2015. The Work Plan identifies key areas of review and activities that the OIG plans to pursue in the upcoming year, in an effort to […]