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Parties who file documents with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) may now serve such documents on other parties via e-mail, according a final rule published in today’s Federal Register. This represents a departure from previous NLRB policy, requiring a party who filed a document electronically with the Agency to notify all other parties via telephone about the filing, then serve them with a physical copy of the document the following day at the latest.
Under the new rule, if a document is filed electronically and if e-mail service is not possible, a party must notify the other party(ies) by phone, then provide a copy of the document via personal service no later than the next day, by overnight delivery service, or with consent, via facsimile.