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With the 2025 New York legislative session now completed, several bills that passed both the Senate and Assembly may be headed to the Governor for signature, but two significant bills that passed the Senate did not pass the...more
Welcome to this edition of the FP Snapshot on the Manufacturing Industry, where we take a quick snapshot look at a recent significant workplace law development with an emphasis on how it impacts employers in the Manufacturing...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel (GC) William Cowen issued GC Memo 25-05 to agency personnel in all field offices on February 14, 2025, seeking to refine the allocation of NLRB resources by...more
On February 14, the new general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), William Cowen, rescinded more than 25 previously issued policy memoranda....more
On February 14, 2025, William B. Cowen, who is the Acting General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) released a memo, which rescinded prior memos issued by Jennifer Abruzzo, who served in the...more
On February 14, 2025, newly appointed National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel William Cowen issued a General Counsel memorandum rescinding several memoranda issued by prior NLRB GC Jennifer Abruzzo. Among of...more
After just 11 days in his new role, in mid-February, NLRB Acting General Counsel (GC) William B. Cowen circulated a GC memorandum to all NLRB field offices, revoking certain GC memoranda issued by former General Counsel...more
Earlier this month, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), William Cowen, rescinded a slew of his predecessor’s policy memoranda. While general counsel (GC) memoranda are not the official...more
On February 14, 2025, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) William B. Cowen issued his first General Counsel Memorandum (“GC Memo”) GC 25-05 rescinding nearly all of the Biden...more
A change in presidential administrations generally results in a wide array of new developments for federal agencies. That is particularly true for the National Labor Relations Board, which has broad jurisdiction over union...more
On February 14, 2025, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) acting General Counsel William B. Cowen rescinded several memoranda issued by the former NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. The rescinded memoranda include, GC...more
As the mainstream media has reported, President Trump is firing everyone he can (and maybe some he can’t) at the National Labor Relations Board. On day one, the president fired the NLRB’s general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, a...more
Details On February 14, the acting General Counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), William Cowen, announced the rescission of memoranda issued by his predecessor under the Biden administration. The...more
On February 14, 2025, National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel William Cowan rescinded several previously issued memos, including two related to restrictive covenants: (1) GC Memorandum 23-08, Non-Compete...more
With one stroke of his pen, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new Acting General Counsel, William Cowen, has effectively dismantled more than two dozen key Biden-era initiatives that favored employees and unions. ...more
The National Labor Relations Board’s Acting General Counsel has moved quickly to undo the work of his predecessor, a Biden appointee, who President Trump recently removed from office. On February 14, 2025, Acting General...more
For the second time in four years, a U.S. president has quickly dismissed the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and replaced them with a new acting general counsel, who then immediately issued a...more
Signaling a strong shift away from the policy positions of the former administration, Acting National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel William Cowen issued a GC Memorandum on February 14, 2025, rescinding 31 GC...more
On February 14, 2025, National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel William Cowen issued Memorandum 25-05, rescinding more than a dozen policy memos issued by his predecessor. Cowen cited an unsustainable backlog of...more
In a significant development for employers that use restrictive covenant agreements, on February 14, 2025, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel (GC) William B. Cowen rescinded prior NLRB GC memoranda,...more
On February 14, 2025, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen rescinded a series of memoranda issued by his predecessor, Jennifer Abruzzo, including regarding remedies, rights of college...more
Early this week, the Trump Administration removed General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo and Board Member Gwynne Wilcox (a Democrat) from their positions at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). While Member Wilcox’s...more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has issued an aggressive scheduling order that “should allow prompt resolution of” one of the initial challenges to the FTC’s noncompete ban “with sufficient time,...more
As we look ahead to 2024, there are a number of new issues and trends that appear on the local, state, and federal horizon with regard to labor and employment laws that may impact manufacturers. The following are a few of...more
The third quarter of 2023 has been pretty exciting as far as employment lawyers are concerned. Substantial regulations have been proposed and the pressure from federal agencies continues to rise. We will talk about some of...more