By Edwin S. Hopson
Recently the NLRB issued its decision in Purple Communications, Inc., 361 NLRB No. 126 (2014), holding that an employer’s email system must be made available to its employees for the purpose of engaging in union activity and other protected activity under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, so long as such use ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
The National Labor Relations Board, by a vote of 3 to 2, has issued a final rule published in the Federal Register on December 15, 2014, amending the Board’s representation–case procedures to, among other things, reduce the time between the filing of a petition for representation election with the NLRB and the date of the ...
On December 9, 2014, the Supreme Court unanimously held that warehouse employees were not entitled to be compensated for time spent at the end of their shifts in security screenings. The Court held that the post-shift screening activity was not compensable because it was not “integral and indispensable” to the principal activities the ...
This is the third and final post of a three-part series on written description requirements and the developing case law under the America Invents Act (AIA).
"Genus": a class, kind, or group marked by a common characteristic(s)
"Species": a logical subdivision of a genus marked by a specific attribute
Taxonomy ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On December 8, 2014, the U.S. Senate voted 54 to 40 to confirm Ms. Lauren McFerran, a Democrat, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board. This keeps in place the Democrats' majority on the Board - three Members to two Republican Members. Thus, the pro-union agenda of the Board will continue.
By Edwin S. Hopson
On December 2, 2014, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved the nomination of Democrat Lauren McFerran to serve as a Member of the NLRB. Her nomination now goes to the Senate floor for consideration. It would appear she will be confirmed during the lame duck session, barring something ...