Morgan Lewis Partner Said to Be Up for Labor Board Seat

Management lawyer John Ring is at the top of a short list for a Republican seat on the National Labor Relations Board, sources familiar with the situation told Bloomberg BNA Aug. 22.

Ring, who is currently a partner at Morgan Lewis in Washington, would fill a seat on the five-member board being vacated by Philip Miscimarra (R). The NLRB is on the verge of its first GOP majority in nearly a decade. That would likely give the board the chance to revisit a wide range of Obama-era decisions that critics say tilted the scales in favor of labor unions.

Miscimarra, ...