Bloomberg Law
July 19, 2019, 3:05 PM UTCUpdated: July 19, 2019, 7:47 PM UTC

Trump’s Labor Chief Pick Scalia No Stranger to the Job (2)

Ben Penn
Ben Penn
Reporter
Hassan A. Kanu
Hassan A. Kanu
Legal Reporter

President Donald Trump’s choice for labor secretary bears an instantly familiar surname to the general public. For labor and employment practitioners, Eugene Scalia is a household name for reasons unrelated to his father, former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Eugene Scalia, a former Labor Department solicitor, has been a fixture in labor policy circles thanks to his extensive private practice background litigating the same workplace issues that would be under his purview as secretary. That includes representing businesses in lawsuits challenging a few high-priority Obama-era Labor Department rules on conflicts of interest for retirement advisers and employee tip pooling.

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