On April 30, the National Labor Relations Board’s amended regulations for processing union elections went into effect. The rules, which generated significant controversy as well as a lawsuit, were designed to increase efficiency, eliminate unnecessary delay and prevent parties from abusing the election process.
The rules were struck down on procedural grounds on May 14 by U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of the District of Columbia. Boasberg held that the rules had not been properly promulgated because of the lack of a proper quorum of board members in Chamber of Commerce v. Nat’l Labor Relations Bd ., No. 11-2262, 2012 LEXIS 66626 (D.C. Cir. May 14, 2012).
