FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS ADVISORY
June 27, 2016
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Mike Lewis (334) 353-2199
Alabama Attorney General
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
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FEDERAL COURT SIDES WITH ALABAMA AND COALITION OF STATES
AGAINST OBAMA ADMINISTRATION LABOR RULE TARGETING SMALL
BUSINESS
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Luther Strange welcomed a federal district court
ruling Monday blocking a proposed Obama administration rule that would target small
business’s right to confidential conversations with counsel. The federal court for the
Northern District of Texas imposed a national preliminary injunction against the U.S.
Labor Department’s Persuader Advice Exemption Rule.
“Once again the Obama administration has been prevented from crossing the line into
illegal activity,” said Attorney General Strange. “The right of small business and
frankly anyone to have confidential conversations with an attorney is a basic right that
cannot be infringed. Today’s ruling sends a clear message to Obama bureaucrats that
they cannot change the law to intimidate Americans.”
On February 5, 2016, Alabama led a coalition of 13 states opposing the Obama
administration’s proposed Persuader Rule that would force small businesses to disclose
communications with outside counsel in labor relations matters. On March 10, 2016,
Alabama was also one of ten states that joined in a federal lawsuit opposing the rule.
“Today’s successful ruling is but the latest in a string of victories for America’s
conservative attorneys general against the overreach of the Obama administration,”
added Attorney General Strange. “Last week, our coalition of conservative AG’s
prevailed in the U.S. Supreme Court against President Obama’s unconstitutional
executive amnesty plan. This followed AG victories against Obama administration
efforts to impose costly and controversial new EPA rules on coal-fired power plants and
expand federal regulatory reach into Americans’ backyard ponds.”
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