Rebekah Mintzer

December 29, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota, released responses from Lyft and Uber to his Nov. 2 inquiry about a National Bureau of Economic Research study that found some racial and gender discrepancies in response and wait times to requests for service in Boston and Seattle.

By Rebekah Mintzer

8 minute read

December 29, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Judges questioned these proceedings and their fairness as companies tried to stem the tide of labor litigation.

By Rebekah Mintzer

5 minute read

December 28, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The U.S. Department of Labor steps up audits of employer health plans to make sure they are providing parity between mental health and medical benefits as required under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.

By Rebekah Mintzer

12 minute read

December 23, 2016 | New York Law Journal

President-elect Donald Trump, amid calls to confront and minimize potential conflicts of interest involving his many business deals, on Wednesday moved to untangle a pair of labor disputes that threatened to raise ethical questions at the National Labor Relations Board.

By Rebekah Mintzer

4 minute read

December 21, 2016 | National Law Journal

President-elect Donald Trump, amid calls to confront and minimize potential conflicts of interest involving his many business deals, on Wednesday moved to untangle a pair of labor disputes that threatened to raise ethical questions at the National Labor Relations Board.

By By REBEKAH MINTZER

9 minute read

December 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Columbia University has filed objections with the National Labor Relations Board to a recent on-campus union election in an attempt to block labor organizing efforts by its graduate teaching and research assistants.

By Rebekah Mintzer

14 minute read

December 21, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

As President Barack Obama's second term comes to an end and President-elect Donald Trump's begins in January, the U.S. Department of Labor could look very different this time next year, but here's how it fared in 2016.

By Rebekah Mintzer

8 minute read

December 20, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Columbia University has filed objections with the National Labor Relations Board over a recent to an on-campus election in which teaching and research assistants voted to form a UAW-affiliated union.

By Rebekah Mintzer

14 minute read

December 19, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

During the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's last full year of work under President Barack Obama, the agency was busy issuing new guidance and bringing enforcement actions. Here's a by-the-numbers look at the commission's big year.

By Rebekah Mintzer

9 minute read

December 16, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay a total of $37 million to settle allegations that it violated securities laws by misleading investors in connection with a proprietary equities order routing system.

By Rebekah Mintzer

11 minute read