Employers cannot compel employees to sign employment contracts binding them to arbitrate their disputes individually and waive their right to collective action, Maryland’s attorney general wrote in papers filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices have long held that ...

Tagged with: arbitration Federal Arbitration Act National Labor Relations Act National Labor Relations Board Supreme Court

Mark K. Sloane has joined Miles & Stockbridge P.C. as counsel to its Labor & Employment Practice Group in its Baltimore office.

Tagged with: baltimore gas and electric Constellation Energy counsel Exelon Corp. Miles & Stockbridge National Labor Relations Act union

In an effort to protect the company online, in-house lawyers are being asked to draft policies that restrict social media use in the workplace — but not so much that they run afoul of guidance by the National Labor Relations ...

Tagged with: Computer Sciences Corp. facebook in-house counsel lawyers National Labor Relations Act nlrb Northrop Grumman Corp. policies social media Social Media twitter

This week it is all about Facebook and Twitter, even for general counsels. Asked: Our weekly question to the In-House community National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel Lafe E. Solomon issued his latest report on employee social media use ...

Tagged with: Charities/nonprofits employee employer facebook fannie mae General Assembly general counsel in-house counsel In-House Interrogatory in-house interrogatory National Labor Relations Act National Labor Relations Board Salaries salary social media Social Media social network Susan G. Komen for the Cure twitter work

ANNAPOLIS — Beginning this fall, confidentiality privileges long enjoyed by attorneys and their clients will be extended to labor organizations and their members, raising concerns that these new protections could interfere with federal law. One of hundreds of bills that ...

Tagged with: Attorney General Brian E. Frosh General Assembly house of delegates legislation Martin O'Malley Maryland Chamber of Commerce National Labor Relations Act