Rebekah Mintzer

May 23, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

After proving that a company violated labor laws, can the National Labor Relations Board force the wrongdoer to pay its costs and attorney fees as punishment? Not according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

By Rebekah Mintzer

2 minute read

May 20, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

In-house lawyers that want more clout should consider packing up and moving across the pond, judging by a recent survey of legal officers in the U.K. released on May 16.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

May 18, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

While there's little doubt the final rules will affect plenty of companies, their legal departments do have choices in how to respond to the changes.

By Rebekah Mintzer

13 minute read

May 17, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The company's historic split was just another task for these lawyers.

By Rebekah Mintzer

12 minute read

May 16, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The defense bar was handed a narrow victory that some had hoped would go further.

By Rebekah Mintzer

2 minute read

May 15, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

If National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Richard Griffin Jr. gets his way, it is going to be harder for companies to shed their unions, even if most employees don't even want to be in one anymore.

By Rebekah Mintzer

8 minute read

May 13, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal in San Jose is moving from the bench to the world's biggest social network.

By Rebekah Mintzer

2 minute read

May 12, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

This week brought new developments in the controversial attempts by Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. to settle their driver misclassification class actions.

By Rebekah Mintzer

6 minute read

May 11, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Noncompete agreements are supposed to protect companies from losing their edge in the marketplace when they lose an employee. But, in a new report, the Obama administration argues that companies are overusing these agreements to the detriment of workers.

By Rebekah Mintzer

9 minute read

May 10, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Many in-house lawyers are proud to say that they have good relationships with executives at their company. But according to a recent Fordham Law Review article, being too friendly with the business side is a bad move.

By Rebekah Mintzer

7 minute read