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Labor Unions
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ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 5
Woke-Washing at Work
In the modern era, corporate marketing and branding processes frequently encompass a public commitment to progressive social causes favored by a firm’s base of…
Peggie Smith & Marion Crain -
ArticleVol. 99 · Iss. 3
Antitrust Harm and Causation
Introduction This article addresses a question at the core of antitrust enforcement: how should government enforcers or other plaintiffs identify and address harm from…
Herbert Hovenkamp -
NoteVol. 88 · Iss. 1
Tremendous Upside Potential: How a High-School Basketball Player Might Challenge the National Basketball Association’s Eligibility Requirements
In 1995, the Minnesota Timberwolves, a franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA, or “the League”), selected Kevin Garnett with the fifth pick of…
Joseph A. Litman -
NoteVol. 94 · Iss. 2
Crossed Wires: Outdated Perceptions of Electronic Communications in the NLRB’s Purple Communications Decision
The National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB or the Board) has recently emphasized the need to adjust to the rapid pace of change in…
Harrison C. Kuntz -
ArticleVol. 95 · Iss. 6
Public Unions Under First Amendment Fire
Unions today are under First Amendment fire, with the compelled speech doctrine as the weapon of choice. Conservative interests are waging a legal war…
Tabatha Abu El-Haj -
NoteVol. 95 · Iss. 3
The Boogeyman: Derek Boogaard and the Detrimental Effects of Section 301 Preemption
This Note focuses on the preemptive effect of section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) in the suit against the National Hockey…
Tyler V. Friederich -
NoteVol. 95 · Iss. 2
Fissures in the Valley: Searching for a Remedy for U.S. Tech Workers Indirectly Displaced by H-1B Visa Outsourcing Firms
“If I could just change one law,” lamented Bill Gates, “it would be this.” What law provokes the ire of the Silicon Valley titan…
Kenneth M. Geisler II -
NoteVol. 90 · Iss. 5
“Concert” or Solo Gig? Where the NLRB Went Wrong When it Linked in to Social Networks
This Note argues that some of the recent social media decisions by Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) may…
Andrew Metcalf -
NoteVol. 90 · Iss. 1
The Speaker the Court Forgot: Re-Evaluating NLRA Section 8(b)(4)(B)’s Secondary Boycott Restrictions in Light of Citizens United and Sorrell
In the staggeringly unpopularCitizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision, the Supreme Court overruled precedent and struck down a federal law that placed restrictions…
Zoran Tasić -
NoteVol. 89 · Iss. 3
Social Networking v. The Employment- at-Will Doctrine: A Potential Defense for Employees Fired for Facebooking, Terminated for Twittering, Booted for Blogging, and Sacked for Social Networking
Everyone is doing it: Grandma Margaret, Ginkgo the Black Labrador, and even President Obama have all jumped into the social networking craze via Facebook…
Catherine Crane