Eugene Scalia, Trump's labor nominee, frustrated Obama's agenda with mastery of legal minutiae
by Sean Higgins
| July 20, 2019 12:00 AM
President Trump’s nomination of Eugene Scalia to lead the Labor Department would put one of the private-sector attorneys most responsible for frustrating the Obama administration’s labor policy agenda in charge of the current administration’s agenda.
The cases he worked on indicate that Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, is well versed in the minutiae of labor law, federal regulations, and agency procedures.
“There is no finer legal mind in the field of labor and employment law,†said Gregory Jacob, a partner with the management-side firm O'Melveny. "Gene knows the subject, knows the Department, and will bring his trademark energy and charisma to implementing sensible reforms to regulations."
"Throughout his career, Gene has proven himself to be a gifted attorney and a thoughtful and effective expert in labor and workforce policy,†said Retail Industries Leaders Association COO Brian Dodge. Scalia represented RILA in a 2007 case that challenged a Maryland law, Fair Share Health Care Fund Act, that required increased expenditures for employee health programs. The court ruled that the Maryland law, which was tailored to only affect Walmart, was preempted by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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