{"data":{"id":"us/12-cfr-269b.220","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"12 CFR 269b.220","heading":"b.220 Priority; acceleration of proceedings.","body":"(a) A charge of “refusal to bargain” or a charge that, if sustained, would require the setting aside of an election or the conduct of a new election shall be given priority.\n(b) The parties, individually or jointly, may petition the panel at any time to invoke immediately the formal hearing procedures set forth in § 269b.410. They may also petition the panel to entertain the matter itself without prior investigation and/or without the formal hearing procedure set forth in § 269b.410. The panel is empowered also on its own motion to so accelerate disposition of the case.\n(c) Before accelerating a case the panel may utilize whatever proceedings it may deem appropriate and timely to allow parties in interest to comment on the proposed course of action.","path":["Title 12—Banks and Banking","CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","SUBCHAPTER A—BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","PART 269b—CHARGES OF UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-12.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:16Z","sha256":"58bf4f66d489547ff8a3c8b7c2ab4b874a4d13f1b7f517b58d770d2d66b61bbf","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/12-cfr-269b.210","next":"us/12-cfr-269b.230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}