Illinois-based attorney Brian Kurtz contributed the article "NLRB takes a knee in Northwestern University case," in the October 2015 Illinois Employment Law Letter. His article focuses on the NLRB's decision to decline jurisdiction in the Northwestern University football case which likely ended any efforts to unionize scholarship athletes under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
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