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Avoid the Hot Seat: An Interview with the NLRB

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At Ward and Smith’s recent annual Employment Law Symposium, two attorneys from the firm’s labor and employment group, Grant Osborne and Genesis Torres, interviewed Shannon Meares of the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB"...more

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NLRB Shoots Its Shot: Dartmouth Basketball Players Deemed Employees, Allowed to Hold Union Election

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Region 1 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that student-athletes on the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team are “employees” within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and directed a...more

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Circuit Court Once Again Reins in NLRB Over Jurisdiction

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This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided the matter of Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit v. National Labor Relations Board, and held, once again, that the Board’s effort to extend...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

NLRB Ruling on Northwestern Football Players Highlights Need for Congressional Action on College Sports

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In August, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or "the Board") unanimously ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to decide whether college football players at Northwestern University are "employees" under the National Labor...more

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NLRB Calls Audible — No Union for Northwestern

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Over a year ago, the regional office of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Chicago concluded that scholarship athletes on the Northwestern University football team were “employees” within the meaning of the National...more

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NLRB Punts on First Down: Declines to Exercise Jurisdiction in Northwestern University Football Players Union Representation Case

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The NLRB’s decision is limited to the facts presented by the Northwestern case, and the Board may assert jurisdiction in another case involving scholarship athletes at a later date. On August 17th, the National Labor...more

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