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Labor/Employment

Oct. 19, 2011

Management lawyers fret new disclosure rule

A rule that for decades has shielded lawyers who advise corporate clients on thwarting unions could be revised to open these counselors to new public disclosures.


By Brian Sumers


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A rule that for decades has shielded lawyers who advise corporate clients on thwarting unions could be revised to open these counselors to new public disclosures.


The U.S. Department of Labor is likely to require law firms advising companies on union avoidance to make public the names of their clients and their fees. No date has been set, but a government spokesman said a decision on whether to revise...

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