Labor & Employment Law Practice Group

Double Dribble: The NLRB’s General Counsel revives a debunked legal theory to expand labor law into college athletics

Alexander Thomas MacDonald

Last week, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against...

A Bug in the Logic: Regulators try to solve the workplace “AI problem” before finding any problem to solve

Alexander Thomas MacDonald

Earlier this month, the Biden administration published a “request for information” on artificial intelligence in...

The FTC’s Indefensible Position on Collective Bargaining

Alexander Thomas MacDonald

In remarks last week at the University of Utah School of Law, FTC Commissioner Alvaro...

How the Department of Justice is Using Antitrust Law to Boost Union Organizing

Alexander Thomas MacDonald

A consent decree between DOJ and Activision-Blizzard would allow the company to engage in what the agency describes as anticompetitive activity¾but only if the company recognizes a union first.

Last week, the Department of Justice announced a consent decree with embattled videogame publisher Activision-Blizzard....

The Department of Labor’s Independent Contractor Rule: A Quiet Threat to Federalism?

Alexander Thomas MacDonald

The U.S. Department of Labor is considering a new rule that would narrow the definition...