Employment Law Report

Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a number of pro-employer bombshell decisions that will have an immediate effect on union and non-union workplaces. The five member Board – with a recent influx of two pro-GOP appointees – unraveled its recent and much criticized changes to evaluating joint-employment ...

This article was originally published on Commercial Appeal, part of the USA Today Network, as an opinion piece written by Mark Vorder-Bruegge.  Click here to view the original publication.

By Stephen Hall

"Adjudication:"  a proceeding which leads to a judicial decision

On November 27, 2017, the Supreme Court heard arguments concerning a challenge to the most frequent form of patent challenges before the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO"), known as inter partes review (“IPR”).  The USPTO is a federal agency ...

It all began with Harvey. Last week, Matt Lauer and NBC shared the “spotlight.” This week has been busy, too. Congressman John Conyers resigned on Tuesday and Al Franken announced today he is resigning from the Senate. Will Bob (or Sally) at your company be next to make the news? While your business may not have the notoriety of Hollywood or NBC, it ...