News & Analysis as of

SpaceX National Labor Relations Board

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

A Ceasefire in the Jurisdictional (Star) Wars: SpaceX and the NLRB Seek Guidance from National Mediation Board

Cosmic shifts are happening in the jurisdictional landscape between the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and Railway Labor Act (RLA). These shifts have implications for private employers, as they have different rights and...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Breaking: NLRB Drops Opposition to SpaceX’s Constitutionality Arguments

On February 3, 2025, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) filed a letter with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. NLRB, Consolidated Case No....more

Mogin Law LLP

Biden Antitrust Teams' Reminders for Employers. Will Trump 2.0 Care?

Mogin Law LLP on

In the closing days of the Biden administration, antitrust law enforcers issued cautions to employers about conduct that could draw criminal charges against them. One is the use of restrictive non-disclosure agreements that...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Amazon, SpaceX Must Navigate Procedural Roadblocks in Constitutional Challenge of NLRB

On November 18, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument on cases involving Amazon.com Inc. and SpaceX, respectively, challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board...more

Benesch

Texas Decision Calls Into Question the Use of Administrative Law Judges

Benesch on

On October 30, 2024, a Texas federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) from using its in-house administrative law judges to oversee administrative proceedings against a...more

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

Perkins Coie

District Court Rules SpaceX Likely To Succeed in Challenging NLRB Constitutionality

Perkins Coie on

Judge Alan Albright of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas issued an order on July 23, 2024, granting Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) motion for a preliminary injunction after...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

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday® - SpaceX Victory: Court Questions NLRB's Constitutional Authority - Employment Law This Week®

Epstein Becker & Green on

This week, we’re examining a Texas court's recent decision that questions the constitutional authority of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): Last week, a Texas district judge challenged the constitutionality of the...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Western District of Texas Says NLRB Structure Unconstitutional, Issues Injunction Preventing SpaceX Unfair Labor Practice Hearing...

Epstein Becker & Green on

In an action brought by Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, commonly known as SpaceX, a U.S. District Court Judge in the Western District of Texas, Waco Division, has declared that the structure of the National Labor...more

Fisher Phillips

Could SpaceX Change the Labor Board’s Future? Here’s What Employers Need to Know

Fisher Phillips on

SpaceX is challenging whether the National Labor Relations Board should continue to exist as we know it. In two separate lawsuits, the aerospace company has asked a federal court to strike down the agency’s structure as...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Launching into New Territory (Continued): SpaceX Wins Temporary Relief at Fifth Circuit

On May 2, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in Space Exploration Technologies Corp., v. NLRB, No. 24-40315 (5th Cir. 2024), granted SpaceX’s Emergency Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal, essentially...more

Benesch

Severance Agreement Confidentiality Provisions Under Fire, Employer Surveillance, and a Roadmap for Profanity in the Context of...

Benesch on

In early 2023, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB or “Board”) decision in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB 58, revoked employers’ ability to require their employees to keep the terms of severance packages confidential and to...more

Benesch

Starbucks Union Dispute Reaches Supreme Court

Benesch on

On Friday, January 12, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from Starbucks on a case involving the termination of seven Memphis, Tennessee employees....more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Launching into New Territory: SpaceX Claims NLRB Unconstitutionally Structured

Shortly after the New Year, on January 4, 2024, Space Exploration Technologies Corp.—or “SpaceX”—filed a complaint in the District Court for the Southern District of Texas alleging that an administrative complaint filed by...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on

More than 800,000 government employees missed their first paycheck last Friday because of the continuing government shutdown. But the pain extends well beyond those workers and has put loads of government contractors in a...more

16 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide