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Commentary: Physical layout can make law firms more inclusive

10/10/2019

An office's physical layout can become part of a firm's diversity and inclusion efforts, write Nonnie Shivers and Michelle Wimes of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart. Firms can achieve this by taking such steps as holding alcohol-free events, establishing break times within long meetings, improving the ambient environment and adjusting workstations based on the individual.

Groups weigh in on NLRB's joint-employer rulemaking

2/6/2019

The National Labor Relations Board, which is undergoing a rulemaking process to roll back the broader joint-employer standard established in the Browning-Ferris Industries case, has gotten thousands of comments. "[T]he uncertainty Browning-Ferris created undermines stability in labor relations," said Mark Kisicki and Elizabeth Soveranez of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart.