Resolving labor and employment disputes : a practical guide / edited by Ross E. Davies ; series editor, Samuel Estreicher.

Includes bibliographical references.

Challenges on the 75th Anniversary of the National Labor Relations Act / Wilma B. Leibman -- part I. Making your case before the NLRB -- Class-action arbitration waivers and [section] 7 rights / Marshall Babson and Brian Murphy -- NLRB general counsel initiative on [section] 10(j) relief / Lafe Solomon -- The management perspective: a management practitiioner's observations concerning the latest general counsel's initiatives regarding the use of 10(j) injunctions during organizing compaigns / Louis P. DiLorenzo -- part II. The NLRB general consel -- Office of the NLRB general consel: a petrospective, 2006-2010 / Ronald Meisburg -- part III. Litigating an employee intellectual property/trade secret case -- Enforcing restrictive covenants and protection of trade secrets: an overview of applicable legal principles / Michael Delikat and James McQuade -- Trade secrets and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act / Laurie Berke-Weiss -- part IV. Defending actions brought by the EEOC -- Getting ready for increased systemic EEO enforcement / Gary Siniscalco and Jill Rosenberg -- part V. Class certification in wage-hour litigation -- New developments in employment class actions / Zachary D. Fasman -- part VI. Dealing with an OFCCP audit -- Best practices for federal contractors / Katharine Parker -- part VII. Department of Labor litigation and regulatory initiatives -- Insight from the new sheriff's top lawyer: perspective from the Solicitor's Office / M. Patricia Smith -- Fissured employment / David Weil -- part VIII. Representation and regulation -- Mandatory disclosure in the market for union representation / Matthew T. Bodie -- part IX. Ethical issues for in-house counsel -- Selected ethics and professionalism issues for labor and employment lawyers / Dennis P. Duffy.

In today's political and economic climate, broad and easy agreement with the basic premise of labor law - to stimulate the economy by putting more money into the pockets of working people - is not likely. Bad economic times are generally not good forlabor organization and labor standards. There is, of course, still an important for labor and employment and good practices to help resolve employment disputes. New York University's venerable and prestigious Center for Labor and Employment Law has always been dedicated to the underlying principles of labor law as expressed in the National Labor Relations Act seventy-five years ago, despite recent economic challenges unforeseen at that time. The Center's 2010 conference (the 63rd in this highly influential series) was built around a stocktaking of the current condition of labor law in the United States, focusing on the continuities and disparities that characterize practice in the field today.