NLRB Ethics Review to Remain Under Wraps for Now, Chairman Says (1)

The NLRB will keep mum as it moves forward with an audit of its ethical safeguards after one member was found to have violated conflict-of-interest rules.

“We really have nothing to hide with this ethics review process, but it is important this effort be conducted in a thoughtful and deliberative manner,” National Labor Relations Board Chairman John Ring (R) told Bloomberg Law in an Oct. 25 e-mail. “For that reason, we’d like to keep our deliberations internal for now.”

The conflict-of-interest issues at the NLRB are being closely watched by stakeholders and lawmakers because the bipartisan agency’s decisions in major ...