More NLRB Cases Are Open for Reversal: Ethics Fallout Explained

The federal labor board’s move to scrap a two-year-old decision in which it said former Republican member William Emanuel tainted the outcome by not disclosing a financial conflict means four other decisions in which Emanuel participated could be tossed as well.

In each of those cases, Emanuel owned stock in companies that had business before the National Labor Relations Board, and he didn’t alert ethics officials. His failure to monitor his investments put Emanuel in violation of federal ethics laws, the agency inspector general said in March. The US Department of Justice subsequently declined to press charges. But even a ...