On March 21, 2017, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the National Labor Relations Board’s former Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon served in violation of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 3345, et seq. (“FVRA”) when he continued in that position after President Barack Obama nominated him for a full term as
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President Obama’s NLRB Acting General Counsel Appointment Invalid – Court Rules Agency Without Power to Issue Unfair Labor Practice Complaint
By Adam C. Abrahms, Steven M. Swirsky & D. Martin Stanberry on
By Adam C. Abrahms, Steven M. Swirsky, and D. Martin Stanberry
On Tuesday, August 20th, in an opinion that follows in the wake of Noel Canning, United States District Judge Benjamin H. Settle dismissed an injunction petition filed by Ronald Hooks, a Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board, on the…