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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA.

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News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

Legal Alert: Another Federal Court Invalidates The Recess Appointment Of An NLRB Member

by FordHarrison on 5/21/2013

In a 2-1 decision, the Third Circuit has held that the President's recess appointment of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board was invalid because he was not appointed during an intersession break of Congress as...more

Third Circuit Holds Craig Becker’s NLRB Recess Appointment Unconstitutional

by Morgan Lewis on 5/20/2013

A second federal appellate court holds that President Obama's NLRB recess appointments were invalid and potentially calls into question every Board decision since March 2010....more

Third Circuit Invalidates President Obama’s Appointment Of Former NLRB Member Becker; Becomes Second Appellate Court To Rule NLRB...

by Doug Hass, Christopher A. Johlie | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 5/17/2013

In late January, the D.C. Circuit ruled in Noel Canning that President Barack Obama’s January 2012 recess appointments of Members Richard Griffin, Terrence Flynn (who has since resigned), and Sharon Block to the National...more

Obama Administration Seeks Supreme Court Review Of Recess Appointment Decision

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/1/2013

On April 25, the DOJ and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a petition seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of the D.C. Circuit Court’s January 25, 2013 decision invalidating the appointment of three NLRB members....more

President Obama Proposes Funding Increases For Labor And Employment Agencies In FY2014 Budget

by Neil S. Goldsmith | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 4/29/2013

On April 10, President Obama unveiled his $3.78 trillion proposed budget for FY2014. The proposed budget included funding increases for several agencies charged with administering and enforcing the nation’s major labor and...more

Analysis: Controversy Surrounding Obama’s NLRB Recess Appointees

by Peter Felsenfeld | Barger & Wolen on 4/22/2013

As an employer, you may be perplexed by the flap over President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) and concerned about what it all means for business....more

President Obama Appoints Three Members to NLRB, but Will They Be Confirmed? [Video]

by LXBN on 4/16/2013

Always a source of activity, and a very popular topic of conversation of LXBN, the National Labor Relations Board stands to grow to five full members if President Obama’s three recent appointees are confirmed by the Senate....more

President Obama To Abandon Recess Appointees to the NLRB

by Peter Felsenfeld | Barger & Wolen on 4/12/2013

The drama surrounding President Barack Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) took an unexpected twist this week as the President announced his intention to nominate three new members....more

Obama’s NLRB Package of Nominees Unlikely to be Confirmed

by Harold P. Coxson | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/11/2013

On April 9, 2013, President Obama announced his intention to nominate three members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), renominating current Democratic NLRB Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce, whose term expires on August...more

President Obama Announces Three Nominees To NLRB

by Jennifer Dunn | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 4/11/2013

Today President Obama announced his intent to nominate current Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce and management-side labor and employment attorneys Harry I. Johnson, III and Philip A. Miscimarra to the National Labor Relations...more

Congressional Research Service issues two reports on Canning decision

by Barbara S. Mishkin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/10/2013

The D.C. Circuit’s January 2013 decision in Noel Canning v. NLRB is the subject of two recently-issued reports by the Congressional Research Service. The decision held that President Obama’s recess appointments of three...more

Employment Law Blog: The Continuing Saga of the NLRB Recess Appointments and Fallout

by Becky Knutson | Davis Brown Law Firm on 3/22/2013

On January 25, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit published an opinion in Noel Canning v. National Relations Board, Case No. 12-1115. The case arose out of a dispute between employer Noel Canning, a...more

Third Circuit hears oral argument in another NLRB case challenging recess appointments

by Barbara S. Mishkin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/20/2013

“Can we duck the [recess appointments] issue?” That question was asked yesterday by one of the members of the three-judge panel hearing oral argument on the National Labor Relation Board’s application to enforce its order in...more

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Remains In Limbo

by Lloyd B. Chinn, Harris M. Mufson, Steven J. Pearlman | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 3/19/2013

The authority and leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a body created by Dodd-Frank to regulate consumer protection of financial products and services, continues to remain in limbo in the wake of the...more

As Expected, Noel Canning v. NLRB Headed to the Supreme Court [Video]

by LXBN on 3/19/2013

As soon as the D.C. Circuit’s ruling came down invalidating President Obama’s recess appoinments to the National Labor Relations Board, about everyone knew it wouldn’t be the last we’d see of Noel Canning v. NLRB. That held...more

Labor And Employment E-Note - February 14, 2013

by Burr & Forman on 2/25/2013

In This Issue: - Lawmakers Reintroduce Social Networking Online Protection Act - Lawsuit Claims Scanning E-mails Away from Work Should be Overtime - Business, Labor Unions Work Together for Immigration Overhaul -...more

Defendants In CFPB Enforcement Action Renew Challenge To Validity Of Director’s Appointment

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/25/2013

On February 11, a law firm and related parties sued by the CFPB for allegedly deceiving consumers through a network of mortgage loan modification businesses filed a brief in which they renewed a challenge to the CFPB...more

Will Actions of the CFPB Be Deemed Invalid?

by Scott Michalove | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 2/15/2013

A recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has brought into question the validity of actions taken by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The case in question,...more

NLRB Decisions To Fall Like Dominos?

by Adam Santucci | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/12/2013

As you may have heard, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals recently sent shockwaves through the labor relations world by holding that President Obama's "recess" appointments to the National Labor Relations Board...more

Obama Administration’s Recess Appointments to the NLRB Declared Unconstitutional: All NLRB Decisions Since January 2012 Overturned

by Summer Davis | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/11/2013

In Noel Canning v. NLRB, the D.C. Circuit Court recently ruled that President Obama lacked the authority to make three recess appointments to the five-member National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), rendering the recess...more

D.C. Circuit’s Invalidation of President Obama’s Recess Appointments Raises Questions Concerning Actions Taken by the Consumer...

by King & Spalding on 2/8/2013

The D.C. Circuit’s Decision in Noel Canning - On January 25, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were...more

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National Labor Relations Board › Barack Obama

Legal Alert: Another Federal Court Invalidates The Recess Appointment Of An NLRB Member

Third Circuit Holds Craig Becker’s NLRB Recess Appointment Unconstitutional

Third Circuit Invalidates President Obama’s Appointment Of Former NLRB Member Becker; Becomes Second Appellate Court To Rule NLRB...

Obama Administration Seeks Supreme Court Review Of Recess Appointment Decision

President Obama Proposes Funding Increases For Labor And Employment Agencies In FY2014 Budget

Analysis: Controversy Surrounding Obama’s NLRB Recess Appointees

President Obama Appoints Three Members to NLRB, but Will They Be Confirmed? [Video]

President Obama To Abandon Recess Appointees to the NLRB

Obama’s NLRB Package of Nominees Unlikely to be Confirmed

President Obama Announces Three Nominees To NLRB

Congressional Research Service issues two reports on Canning decision

Employment Law Blog: The Continuing Saga of the NLRB Recess Appointments and Fallout

Third Circuit hears oral argument in another NLRB case challenging recess appointments

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Remains In Limbo

As Expected, Noel Canning v. NLRB Headed to the Supreme Court [Video]

Labor And Employment E-Note - February 14, 2013

Defendants In CFPB Enforcement Action Renew Challenge To Validity Of Director’s Appointment

Will Actions of the CFPB Be Deemed Invalid?

NLRB Decisions To Fall Like Dominos?

Obama Administration’s Recess Appointments to the NLRB Declared Unconstitutional: All NLRB Decisions Since January 2012 Overturned

D.C. Circuit’s Invalidation of President Obama’s Recess Appointments Raises Questions Concerning Actions Taken by the Consumer...

Gavel to Gavel: Examining NLRB rulings

DC Court of Appeals Decision May Impact CFPB Powers and Authority

The NLRB Puts Its Thumb on the Scale

Full U.S. Supreme Court rejects application challenging NLRB recess appointments

President Obama Appoints Three Members to NLRB, but Will They Be Confirmed? [Video]

As Expected, Noel Canning v. NLRB Headed to the Supreme Court [Video]

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