On June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo ended four decades of deference to federal agency action under Chevron and ushered in a new era of administrative law. What Loper...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, the administrative state’s foundation shook as the Supreme Court overruled Chevron, holding that federal administrative agencies are not entitled to deference in interpreting statutes and that...more
In an opinion drafted by Justice Thomas and joined by seven other Justices, on June 13, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals’ affirmation of an injunction issued under Section 10(j) of the...more
6/18/2024
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Multi-Factor Test ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
SCOTUS ,
Starbucks ,
Starbucks Corp. v McKinney ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
On June 1, 2023, in a resounding 8-1 decision, the United States Supreme Court granted employers an important victory by holding that the National Labor Relations Act and prior precedent did not preempt a state court tort...more
6/5/2023
/ Employee Rights ,
Glacier Northwest v International Brotherhood of Teamsters ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Preemption ,
Protected Activity ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 7 ,
Strike ,
Unions
On March 20, 2023, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued GC Memo 23-04. The memorandum is a follow-up to her August 12, 2021, GC Memo 21-04 (“Mandatory Submissions to Advice”),...more