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Adele Nicholas

Adele Nicholas

October 31, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

15-year dues-checkoff battle ends in unions' favor

9th Circuit rules employers must continue deducting dues during negotiations of new contracts

By Adele Nicholas

10 minute read

October 03, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Court shelves SEC's Dodd-Frank proxy access rule

D.C. Circuit decision makes it unlikely that proxy access will be in place next year.

By Adele Nicholas

5 minute read

August 31, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Illinois and Indiana revise workers compensation schemes

Illinois' revisions are expected to save employers more than half a billion dollars per year.

By Adele Nicholas

9 minute read

July 31, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Texas' "loser pays" law mixed bag for business

State's new tort reform bill is designed to make litigation faster and less costly.

By Adele Nicholas

5 minute read

May 31, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

EEOC Expands "Disabled" Definition

Employers are at risk for suits as firm implements ADA Amendments Act.

By Adele Nicholas

6 minute read

April 30, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Budget Woes Deal Blow to Public-Employee Unions

Union rights are threatened in light of the budget defecit in Wisconsin.

By Adele Nicholas

5 minute read

April 30, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Faith-Healing Vacation Not Protected Under FMLA

The First Circuit found in favor of an employer who terminated a woman who took an extended faith-healing trip with her ailing husband.

By Adele Nicholas

13 minute read

December 31, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Lack of Comprehensive Immigration Reform Leads to Mixed State Laws

Cases challenge Arizona's labor laws concerning immigrants.

By Adele Nicholas

6 minute read

October 31, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Government Contractors Must Inform Employees of Right to Unionize

Under new DOL rules, companies must post notices that inform employees of their rights to organize.

By Adele Nicholas

6 minute read

September 30, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Whistleblower Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act Pressure Employers to Improve Compliance

New law ups the rewards for whistleblowing.

By Adele Nicholas

16 minute read


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