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National Labor Relations Board Administrative Authority

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

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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

Balch & Bingham LLP

Ripple Effects Of SEC Adjudication Ruling May Be Momentous

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Suppose that your nemesis has a legal beef with you, and you learn that the law allows him to appoint one of his employees to judge the case. Shocked? You should be. Yet federal agency adjudication works the same way. How...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The End of SEC Administrative Proceedings? The Supreme Court’s Jarkesy Decision Prohibits the Agency’s Use of ALJs in Enforcement...

On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court decided in SEC v. Jarkesy that where the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) brings enforcement actions for civil penalties, it must do so in the federal courts, as opposed to before...more

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Supreme Court Finds SEC’s In-House Adjudicative Proceedings Violated Seventh Amendment Right to Jury Trial

On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States held that defendants in securities fraud cases brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are entitled to a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment—a...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

In SEC v. Jarkesy, Supreme Court Leaves Open Constitutional Challenges Related to FTC Structure and Process

In a much-watched case concerning the administrative state, on June 27, the Supreme Court decided in SEC v. Jarkesy that defendants facing a fraud suit by the SEC have a Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial in an Article...more

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SCOTUS Predictions: Supreme Court Set to Limit Labor Board’s Reach Over Employers in Surprising Way

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An impending Supreme Court decision is poised to transform how the National Labor Relations Board decides cases and may fundamentally alter the course of labor relations as we know it. We predict that a SCOTUS decision to be...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Shaw Policy Matters Newsletter - November 2019

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Right of First Refusal EO Revoked. Last week, President Trump issued an Executive Order revoking Executive Order 13495 issued by President Obama in January 2009. EO 13495 required that successor Federal service contractors...more

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Supreme Court Invalidates Action taken by Former NLRB General Counsel

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The National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel is an important position. The General Counsel is, among other things, the NLRB’s chief prosecutor and sets the Agency’s prosecutorial agenda. The GC is appointed by the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Gorsuch Nomination: The Return of the Business Friendly Court?

Assuming Judge Gorsuch's confirmation, the Court will add a Justice with extensive commercial litigation experience, a particular expertise in antitrust and securities law, and a track record on the bench that demonstrates a...more

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Who is Neil Gorsuch and Where Does He Stand on Labor and Employment Issues?

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President Donald Trump has promptly nominated a potential successor—Judge Neil M. Gorsuch—to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by Justice Scalia’s unexpected death nearly a year ago. Since Scalia’s death, the High Court...more

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NLRB Ambush Election Rule Withstands an Appeal

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An employer-led challenge to the National Labor Relations Board’s 2015 changes to union election rules has been rejected by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The rejection means that the controversial rule changes...more

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OSHA Testing Joint Enterprise Theory in Wake of NLRB Ruling

Around the same time the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its controversial and precedent-shattering decision in Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. d/b/a BFI Newby Island Recyclery, a franchise...more

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“Ambush” Election Challenge Fails in Federal Court

A federal judge in Texas recently ruled in favor of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a case challenging the Board’s “ambush” election rules. The lawsuit, Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas, Inc. v....more

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