08.01.2025NLRB General Counsel Wants More Input From The National Mediation Board To Decide Questions Of Agency JurisdictionOn July 29, 2025, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board directed NLRB staff across the country to refer questions on whether an employer might be covered by the Railway Labor Act (RLA) to the National Mediation Board (NMB) rather than assert NLRB jurisdiction without consultation. This represents a change from the way the NLRB has recently operated in debatable circumstances. The two boards and the statutes upon which they operate differ significantly, so which agency has jurisdiction matters.
08.19.2020Crossing State Lines: Road Tripping with Amazon and Interstate CommerceOn July 28, 2020, Chief District Judge Freda L. Wolfson from the District of New Jersey denied Amazon’s Motion to Dismiss and Compel Arbitration in Harper v. Amazon. The parties were ordered to engage in discovery to determine whether plaintiff was engaged in interstate commerce to be exempt from arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA).
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