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Labor & Employment
A Union’s Effect on Bargaining
Jennifer Will, member with McNees Wallace & Nurick, brings to light the challenges that businesses faced with unions during the pandemic, as well as any effects that this brought to a business’s ability to bargain.
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A Brave New World: Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2021
The world has changed a lot since Akin Gump's 2020 Top 10 Topics for Directors report. A global pandemic; an ongoing reckoning on race, inequality and social justice; a climate crisis; an economic shock; and increased political polarization have created challenging dynamics for companies and boards globally. This report delves into these wide-ranging issues and offers insight on how directors and management must proactively embrace their stewardship roles in this brave new world.
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Anticipating the Biden Administration’s Approach to Labor
Bob Lian, partner at Akin Gump and leader of its labor and employment practice group, has been with the firm for nearly three decades. Here, he discusses what the future of employment law may look like under a Biden administration, including potential new COVID-19 regulations, possible restrictions to noncompete agreements, and the important role litigation plays in “regulating” the modern workplace.
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