If the nation’s courts rule that the health care law’s individual mandate is unconstitutional, then the entire law becomes suspect and must be reexamined because it is impossible to sever the mandate from the rest of the law, according to a friend-of-the court brief filed April 4 by the U.S. Chamber's National Chamber Litigation Center (NCLC).
The National Chamber Litigation Center (NCLC), the legal arm of the U.S. Chamber, is looking to influence the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions on a number of business-related cases in the term that began October 1.Nearly half of the Supreme Court cases—or 17 out of the total 38 cases—in the current term have implications for business, including smaller firms, says Robin Conrad, NCLC’s executive vice president. Key cases in which NCLC is involved deal with federal preemption over state laws, arbitration, and employment discrimination.
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Despite legal pressure from the U.S. Chamber and other trade groups, a federal court has given the go ahead to a new Department of Homeland Security rule requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to electronically verify the legal status of their employees.
By Tom Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of CommerceJune 9, 2009
By Tom Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of CommerceJune 2, 2009
The U.S. Chamber is applauding a U.S. appeals court decision that certain FedEx delivery drivers should be classified as independent contractors, not employees. The ruling reaffirms that FedEx Corp. and its subsidiary were not acting illegally when they refused to recognize and bargain with the Teamsters Union.The case arose out of a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board, which argued that the truckers working for FedEx Home Delivery should be classified as employees, not independent contractors.
NCLC's Robin Conrad briefs the press on business victories in the latest Supreme Court session.
