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Author Archives: David E. Frank and Kimberly Atkins

Recess appointment ruling spurs concerns of bottleneck at NLRB

Lawyers in New England say a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that struck down President Obama’s 2012 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board threatens to invalidate hundreds of rulings made over an 18-month period. But the ...

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Circuit court strikes down NLRB notice posting rule

A federal appellate court has struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s controversial notice posting rule, the latest in a series of blows to the agency that has been mired in legal controversy.

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‘Honest services’ ruling could stymie prosecutors

White-collar lawyers say that federal prosecutors will have a tougher time getting convictions in public corruption cases if, as many predict, the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the controversial “honest services fraud” statute.

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