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Dec 3, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Paul Salvatore |Elizabeth Dailey |David Harmon |Mariya Gonor
Acquirer: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Japan)Acquired: Cepton, Inc. (U.S.)Value: UnknownIndustry Tags: Autonomous Vehicles; Lidar; AutomotiveOn July 29, 2024, Cepton, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPTN) a provider of “lidar-based solutions for automotive (ADAS/AV), smart cities, smart spaces and smart industrial applications,” “signed a definitive agreement . . . providing for the acquisition by KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. . . .
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Paul Salvatore |Elizabeth Dailey
Last week, a coalition of 11 international unions, such as the SEIU, AFT, UAW, and CWA, representing faculty, staff, and graduate workers across college and university campuses around the country issued a "Statement of Unity" outlining its vision for higher education and calling on presidential candidate Kamala Harris, and all elected officials, to "join our struggle to reclaim public higher education for the public good." To announce the formation of its alliance and its plans for rebuilding...
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Dailey |Larenz D. Jones |Paul Salvatore
A recent report from the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions underscores the dramatic increase in unionization across higher education—particularly in the private sector—among tenure- and non-tenure track faculty, postdoctoral and academic researchers, graduate student workers, and undergraduate student workers.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Dailey |Paul Salvatore
Last week, a coalition of 11 international unions, such as the SEIU, AFT, UAW, and CWA, representing faculty, staff, and graduate workers across college and university campuses around the country issued a “Statement of Unity” outlining its vision for higher education and calling on presidential candidate Kamala Harris, and all elected officials, to “join our struggle to reclaim public higher education for the public good.” To announce the formation of its alliance and its plans for rebuilding...
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Paul Salvatore |Steven Porzio |Elizabeth Dailey |Mallory Knudsen
A growing trend of union organizing among undergraduate student
workers reached a crescendo last week when a unit of 20,000 student
assistants at California State University voted in favor of
unionization.
Student assistants across California State University's 23
campuses have unequivocally voted to form the largest undergraduate
student union in history.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Dailey |Mallory Knudsen |Steven Porzio
A growing trend of union organizing among undergraduate student workers reached a crescendo last week when a unit of 20,000 student assistants at California State University voted in favor of unionization. California State University Employees Union ElectionStudent assistants across California State University’s 23 campuses have unequivocally voted to form the largest undergraduate student union in history.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Paul Salvatore |Steven Porzio |Elizabeth Dailey |Mallory Knudsen
Paul tries arbitrations and litigations, and argues appeals, arising from labor-management relationships. Paul argued and won before the U.S. Supreme Court 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett. In a 5-4 decision of importance to employers, the Court held a collective bargaining agreement that explicitly requires unionized employees to arbitrate employment discrimination claims is enforceable, modifying 35 years of labor law. In 2016, he argued and won NBC Universal Media, LLC v.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
laborrelationsupdate.com | Joshua Fox |Melissa C. Felcher |Elizabeth Dailey
Joshua S. Fox is a senior counsel in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Sports, Labor-Management Relations, Class and Collective Actions and Wage and Hour Groups. As a member of the Sports Law Group, Josh has represented several Major League Baseball Clubs in all aspects of the salary arbitration process, including the Miami Marlins, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Joshua Fox |Melissa C. Felcher |Elizabeth Dailey
On January 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear a challenge in a key case involving the ease with which the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) may successfully petition a district court for injunctive relief in unfair labor practice (ULP) cases. The outcome of this case likely will have a significant impact on the legal strategies available to employers in litigating a ULP.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Dailey |Joshua Fox |Steven Porzio
Shortly after the New Year, on January 4, 2024, Space Exploration Technologies Corp.—or “SpaceX”—filed a complaint in the District Court for the Southern District of Texas alleging that an administrative complaint filed by the NLRB against the company is illegal because the NLRB is unconstitutionally structured and the new expanded remedies sought by the NLRB violate employers’ constitutional right to trial-by-jury. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. NLRB et al., Case No. 1:24-00001 (S.D. Tex.
