Erin Mulvaney

July 12, 2017 | National Law Journal

A FedEx Ground executive on Wednesday urged federal lawmakers to confront business uncertainty over labor regulators' broad interpretation of who is an "employer" when it comes to the collective-bargaining rights of employees. Workers' rights advocates and business groups await a D.C. Circuit decision that could clarify the rules.

By Erin Mulvaney

14 minute read

July 12, 2017 | Inside Counsel

When Kristin Sverchek joined Lyft five years ago as its general counsel, she says she wasn’t 100 percent sure the company would still be around in…

By Erin Mulvaney

11 minute read

July 12, 2017 | The Recorder

Lyft general counsel Kristin Sverchek offers her perspective on the future of the on-demand employment sector, and offers advice to up-and-coming companies that might not find themselves fitting exactly into the existing labor structure.

By Erin Mulvaney

21 minute read

July 11, 2017 | The Recorder

When Kristin Sverchek joined Lyft five years ago as its general counsel, she says she wasn't 100 percent sure the company would still be around in…

By Erin Mulvaney

11 minute read

July 11, 2017 | National Law Journal

Littler Mendelson's William Emanuel, one of President Donald Trump's nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, identified 49 former clients in a financial disclosure and said he would recuse himself, for up to a year, if any of the companies appear before the agency. Emanuel and fellow NLRB nominee Marvin Kaplan are set for confirmation hearings Thursday.

By Erin Mulvaney

4 minute read

July 10, 2017 | National Law Journal

Uber, one of the Los Angeles shareholder's clients, has clashed with the labor board.Littler Mendelson's William Emanuel, one of President…

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

July 02, 2017 | National Law Journal

The U.S. labor and employment sector may seem poised for dramatic change under the new Trump administration. Uncertainty still remains on many levels, however, for companies, lawmakers, workers and regulators. Two veteran attorneys and erstwhile rivals in the courtroom waded into this contentious area with The National Law Journal.

By Erin Mulvaney

17 minute read

June 30, 2017 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Labor Department told a federal appeals court Friday that while it intends to revise the Obama-era rule that made millions of workers eligible for overtime pay the agency will continue to defend its authority to create and enforce such a regulation.

By Erin Mulvaney

6 minute read

June 29, 2017 | Law.com

Janet Dhillon, a veteran corporate in-house lawyer who led the legal departments at US Airways and J.C. Penney and now oversees Burlington Stores…

By Erin Mulvaney and Mike Scarcella

7 minute read

June 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Management tactics that weed out older workers have pushed federal regulators and anti-discrimination groups to train an eye on hiring rather than firing when it comes to protecting against age bias, an effort advocates acknowledge is a steeper hill with increasingly narrowed protections for aging workers.

By ERIN MULVANEY

25 minute read