Giovanni Rios
Gio advises employers and management on corporate, labor, and employment matters, with a focus on employee benefits, executive compensation, and a range of corporate and municipal law issues. He is based in the firm’s Chicago office.
Before becoming an attorney, Gio gained valuable experience working with employee stock ownership plans, giving him practical insight into plan administration and fiduciary responsibilities under ERISA. In law school, he received the Dean’s Award for Employee Benefits Law and worked as a judicial extern to the Honorable William J. Fisher of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota—experiences that reflect Gio’s commitment to delivering legal solutions that foster sustainable and empowering client outcomes.
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July 17, 2025 By: Gaetano Urgo, Davis & Campbell L.L.C. Early Thursday morning, President Trump announced two new nominations to the National Labor Relations Board. By nominating Scott Mayer and James Murphy, President Trump has taken his first steps at reshaping the Board since he terminated Board Member Wilcox shortly after he took office back in […]
Continue ReadingBy: Gaetano A. Urgo February 28, 2025 Newly appointed National Labor Relations Board General Counsel William B. Cowen recently rescinded several General Counsel Memos issued by the former General Counsel, Biden-appointee Jennifer Abruzzo. Earlier this month, President Trump appointed Cowen as acting General Counsel. This appointment came two weeks after President Trump terminated then-General Counsel […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 28, 2025 Late Monday, President Trump followed through on his promises to shake up the makeup of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) by firing General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and Board Member Gwynne Wilcox. While the change in General Counsel was widely expected, the removal of Board Member Wilcox is an unprecedented move that […]
Continue ReadingDecember 12, 2024 Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board overturned yet another precedent that affects how employers can run their businesses. The Board overturned the 2019 ruling in MV Transportation, Inc., 368 NLRB No. 66 (2019), which gave employers greater ability to make unilateral changes to their workplace, so long as their actions were covered […]
Continue ReadingDecember 11, 2024 Last month, a federal judge struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s recently enacted overtime rule. The judge found that the rule exceeded the Department’s statutory authority and vacated the rule and remanded it back to the Department for further consideration in light of the judge’s ruling. Overtime Exemption Under the Fair […]
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