BCLP Lawyer in ‘Law360,’ Bloomberg Law, on Pro-Labor Shift Expected Under Biden’s NLRB Top Cop

Senior Counsel Jerry Hunter was quoted July 22 by Law360 and Bloomberg Law’s Daily Labor Report concerning union attorney and former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Deputy Prosecutor Jennifer Abruzzo's confirmation as NLRB general counsel. While her confirmation portends a long-term policy swing in unions' favor, this changing of the guard doesn't mark the sudden enforcement shift it's been in the past. New general counsels typically issue documents known as mandatory submission lists, which direct regional staff to send cases involving certain priority topics or questions directly to headquarters. Hunter noted that Abruzzo could forgo this tactic in favor of an even faster solution: finding pending cases she can quickly present to the board. "She may simply have the regional offices comb through existing cases … to see if they can advance those quickly without having to just wait on cases to come through the door," said Hunter, who is a former NLRB general counsel, having served during the administration of former President George H.W. Bush.