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National Labor Relations Board Government Agencies

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... more +
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.    less -
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

SpaceX Exploration: Constitutional Challenge to NLRB Structure

Following several complaints filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SpaceX has mounted a constitutional challenge against the structure of the NLRB. Specifically, SpaceX contends that NLRB administrative judges...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

U.S. Federal Antitrust Agencies Announce Cooperation Initiative with Labor Agencies in Merger Review

On August 28th, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (the “DOJ”) (the “Antitrust Agencies”), together with the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) and National Labor Relations...more

Genova Burns LLC

Sixth Circuit Declines to Defer to NLRB Decision Citing Loper Bright

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There has been much speculation about how much deference the courts will give to federal administrative agencies,’ including the NLRB’s, statutory interpretations in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June Loper Bright decision...more

Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Decision Eliminating Deference to Federal Agencies Expected to Create Challenges to Rules Impacting Employers

On June 28, 2024, by a 6-2 majority, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises, et al. v. Raimondo (“Loper Bright”) that is expected to fundamentally change the course of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Texas Judge Enjoins NLRB From Proceeding Against SpaceX, Casting Further Doubt on NLRB’s Constitutionality

A federal judge in Texas recently cast new doubt on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) ability to oversee labor disputes, agreeing with SpaceX that the agency’s Board Members and Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) are...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What Does the End of Chevron Deference Really Mean for Employers?

This month, the Supreme Court put an end to “Chevron deference,” the decades-long practice of judicial deference to federal agency interpretations of ambiguous statutory language. What does this mean for employers? Well,...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

So Long, Chevron: What The Elimination Of Agency Deference Means For Employers And The Future Of Labor And Employment Law

Generally speaking, it’s difficult to drum up excitement about administrative law (except amongst those of us who deal regularly in the labor and employment law arena and other highly regulated areas of law). That has now...more

Venable LLP

A Post-Chevron Era: What Employers Need to Know About the End of the Chevron Doctrine

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On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, eliminating a fundamental principle of administrative law. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court overturned Chevron...more

Fisher Phillips

SCOTUS 2023/24 Lookback and Preview: 8 Key Rulings that Impact the Workplace and 4 New Cases for Employers to Track Next Term

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The Supreme Court issued several momentous decisions last term that will have a lasting impact on employer practices. The Justices continued to shape the workplace law landscape by ruling on an array of issues involving...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Chevron and Carry On July 2024 - The End of Chevron: Considerations for Private Equity, Banks and Investors

It’s been less than two full weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its Chevron decision, yet the myriad impacts of the ruling have caused many of us to feel like it’s been much longer, as we’ve stretched each day weighing...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

The Supreme Court Overturns Chevron, Bringing Clarity to Whether the District Courts or Federal Agencies Interpret Ambiguous...

The Supreme Court recently a long-standing doctrine established by the 1984 decision, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. The Court returned the duty of interpreting ambiguous statutory provisions involving federal...more

Fisher Phillips

Labor Board Rules in Jeopardy in the Post-Chevron Era: What Employers Need to Know

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The Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling that gives employers a powerful tool to fight back against regulatory overreach will have a broad impact on just about every area of workplace law. We’re looking at the specific...more

Genova Burns LLC

Chevron’s Passing Likely to Reshape Labor and Employment Law as SCOTUS Questions Presumption of Agency Subject Matter Expertise

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On June 28, 2024 the Supreme Court overruled the 40-year-old landmark ruling known as Chevron, a doctrine of administrative law that has until now required courts to defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

The death of Chevron

You may be asking. What is Chevron deference? How did it die? Why should I care? All fair questions. I will start by answering the last one. If you own, operate, or manage a business covered by the complex web of federal...more

Stevens & Lee

How the Chevron Decision Limits NLRB Influence

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In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce, the Supreme Court ended the Chevron Doctrine. While these cases did not directly involve the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), they...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Supreme Court Upends Regulatory Law – Major Impact on Employers Possible!

For the past 40 years, federal administrative agencies have enjoyed broad latitude in interpreting statutes passed by Congress. Known as “Chevron deference,” courts have routinely deferred to the agencies’ often politically...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Two Blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court Decisions May Spell End of NLRB’s Expansion of Reach of NLRA as Well as How Agency Prosecutes...

The U.S. Supreme Court issued two blockbuster decisions last week, both of which likely will curtail the ability of federal agencies, including the NLRB, to prosecute cases and expand the law. In a 6-3 decision announced...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Supreme Court Overturns Landmark Chevron Decision: Expect Impact on Employment Decisions

On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Chevron decision, which had required courts to uphold a federal agency’s interpretation of a statute as long as it was reasonable. Now, courts are required to...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Go Fish! U.S. Supreme Court Overturns ‘Chevron Deference’ to Federal Agencies: What It Means for Employers

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The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the decades-old Chevron doctrine of judicial deference to a federal agency’s interpretation of an ambiguous statute. Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, No. 22-451, and Relentless, Inc. v....more

Clark Hill PLC

The Attack on Employment Noncompetes: The Status of Federal Initiatives

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Historically, enforcement of noncompete agreements has been a subject of state law, not federal law. States have taken many different approaches to the agreements. A few states have enacted laws that ban the enforcement of...more

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Beltway Buzz - November 2023

POTUS Issues Executive Order on AI Framework. On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued the “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” (EO). According to its...more

Littler

What a Government Shutdown Means for Employers: Many Agencies Will Sharply Curtail Operations, Delaying New and Pending Cases

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Federal appropriations are set to expire at midnight (ET) on Saturday, September 30. Unless lawmakers agree to a spending plan before then, much of the federal government will shut down....more

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Beltway Buzz - September 2023 #5

Shutdown Showdown. Rather than hurtling into a federal government shutdown, this week has been more of a slow, gradual, depressing slide into the shutdown, as it became apparent this week that last-minute measures to keep the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NLRB General Counsel Issues Memorandum on Increased Inter-Agency Coordination, Collaboration

The National Labor Relations Board is pushing forward with its plan to cooperate more closely with other Federal agencies tasked with overseeing employment law. This follows an announcement in November 2021 that the National...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: October 2021

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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