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Sep 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Alexander MacDonald
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Alexander MacDonald
Alex MacDonald is a
Shareholder with Littler Mendelson in its Washington, DC office. He
is is a core member of the firm's Workplace Policy Institute
(WPI).
Last month, a pair of federal district courts fired warning shots at the National
Labor Relations Board. Each court blocked the Board from processing
unfair-labor-practice charges because, the courts found, the Board
seemed to have structural constitutional flaws.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
today.westlaw.com | Alexander MacDonald |Joy Rosenquist
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Alexander MacDonald |Joy Rosenquist
After years of litigation, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22, a voter-approved law allowing app-based drivers to work as independent contractors. The Court rejected a challenge by a group of labor unions, which argued that the law violated the state constitution. The Court’s decision means that the status quo will hold for app-based services. App-based platforms can continue operating as before, and app-based drivers can continue to work as independent contractors.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Alexander MacDonald |Joy Rosenquist
After years of litigation, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22, a voter-approved law
allowing app-based drivers to work as independent contractors. The
Court rejected a challenge by a group of labor unions, which argued
that the law violated the state constitution. The Court's
decision means that the status quo will hold for app-based
services. App-based platforms can continue operating as before, and
app-based drivers can continue to work as independent
contractors.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
spectator.clingendael.org | Alexander MacDonald
This is one of the four winning student columns from the Clingendael Spectator student column competition for the summer of 2024, written by Alexander MacDonald.1 Current assessments of international affairs suggest that the world may be closer to an all-out conflict between major powers than at any time since the 1930s.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Alexander MacDonald
The Webbs saw this coming. Writing in the late 19th century,
Sidney and Beatrice Webb predicted that labor
unions would evolve from private groups into quasi-governmental
entities. At the time, the economy was industrializing, speeding
up, and growing more complex. And that complexity was drawing
government deeper and deeper into market regulation, especially in
labor markets. The Webbs thought this regulation would eventually
displace unions from their traditional roles.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
law360.com | Alexander MacDonald
By Alexander MacDonald (July 3, 2024, 11:41 AM EDT) -- On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a decades-old precedent, known as Chevron deference, that favored federal agencies' rulemaking interpretations. In this Expert Analysis series, attorneys discuss the decision's likely impact on rulemaking across the federal government.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
law360.com | Alexander MacDonald
By Alexander MacDonald · July 3, 2024, 11:41 AM EDT In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal judges cannot defer to administrative agencies on questions of law.[1] While ostensibly about administrative law, the decision will... To view the full article, register now.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Michael J. Lotito |Alexander MacDonald
The Supreme Court issued four decisions narrowing agencies'
power to make policy through formal rulemaking and
adjudication.
In the short term, these decisions could make it harder for
agencies to defend major rules on overtime, joint employment,
prevailing wages, pregnancy accommodation and noncompete
agreements.
In the long run, the decisions could push agencies to make
policy in other ways, such as strategic lawsuits and informal
guidance.
