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Fifth Circuit Expresses Significant Doubt on NLRB’s Constitutionality as Structured

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On August 19, 2025, the Fifth Circuit ruled on consolidated appeals stemming from preliminary injunctions sought by—and granted to—three companies challenging the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) structure. ...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The NLRB Goes Down in the Fifth

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit") has ruled that the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") is unconstitutionally structured and cannot hear unfair labor practice charges. The decision focused...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

5th Circuit Decision Could Encourage Employers to File Lawsuits to Escape NLRB Trials

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Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said the structure of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is likely unconstitutional and enjoined the agency from conducting trials of unfair labor practice...more

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Fifth Circuit Rules NLRB Structure Likely Unconstitutional

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On August 19, 2025, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and two other companies by barring the NLRB from prosecuting unfair labor practice cases on the grounds that the Board’s structure likely...more

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Do Not Pass Go: Fifth Circuit Halts NLRB from Prosecuting ULP Complaints as Courts Debate Agency’s Constitutional Power

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A federal appeals court dealt a significant blow to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last week, upholding a preliminary injunction prohibiting it from prosecuting unfair labor practice (ULP) complaints against SpaceX...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Bad news for Wilcox? Removal protections for NLRB members, ALJs are “likely” unconstitutional, appeals court finds

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld three orders that bar the National Labor Relations Board from pursuing unfair labor practice cases against SpaceX and two other employers. ...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Fifth Circuit Rules NLRB’s Removal Protections for Members and ALJs Likely Unconstitutional

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In a major setback for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld an injunction, preventing the NLRB from holding an unfair labor practice (ULP) hearing against SpaceX and...more

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Fifth Circuit Upholds Injunction Because NLRB Structure is Likely Unconstitutional

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On August 19, 2025, in Space Exploration Tech. Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board, et al., a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld preliminary injunctions that had halted NLRB complaint...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Fifth Circuit Boosts Spacex’s Constitutionality Arguments

On August 19, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed preliminary injunctions halting National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “NLRB”) proceedings against SpaceX and two other companies while they...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Federal Appellate Court Enjoins NLRB Proceedings, Concluding the NLRB’s Structure Is Likely Unconstitutional

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The NLRB’s Board Members and administrative law judges (“ALJs”) enjoy “for cause” removal protections, which generally means that they can be removed only for malfeasance or disregard of duty....more

Payne & Fears

NLRB’s Structure is Likely Unconstitutional Holds the Fifth Circuit in Win for SpaceX

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On August 19, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit — the federal court that hears appeals from federal trial courts in Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana — held that statutory removal protections for NLRB...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Fifth Circuit Finds NLRB Structure Unconstitutional, Upholds Injunction

On Tuesday, August 19, the Fifth Circuit issued a highly anticipated decision upholding an injunction that prevents the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) from prosecuting unfair labor practice cases against SpaceX, Aunt...more

Littler

Denying The Existence of a Bargaining Impasse Doesn’t Make It True, at Least Not in the D.C. Circuit

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On June 13, 2025, the D.C. Circuit refused to enforce an “irrational” Board order finding an employer violated its duty to bargain by declaring impasse. By declaring impasse, the employer sought to implement its last, best,...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Out again: Supreme Court pauses reinstatement of ex-NLRB Member Wilcox, one other former official

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 22 stayed the reinstatement of Gwynne Wilcox, a former member of the National Labor Relations Board, and Cathy Harris, a former member of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Both women were...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Major Changes at the NLRB: A New Acting General Counsel, the Rescission of Biden-Era General Counsel Memoranda, and the...

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To say that the past fifty days have been a period of significant changes at the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) is surely an understatement....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

Littler

National Labor Relations Board Continues Routine Operations with Lack of Quorum

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On January 27, 2025, the president removed National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne A. Wilcox, leaving the Board with only two members: Chair Marvin E. Kaplan, a Republican, and Member David M. Prouty, a Democrat. That...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Ninth Circuit Buys a Circuit Split on Available Remedies Under the NLRA

On January 21, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit enforced a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) order requiring Macy’s to provide workers with heightened remedies in response to an...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Third Circuit Brews a Limit on NLRB’s Remedial Authority

On December 27, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“the Third Circuit” or “the court”) vacated a portion of an NLRB (“the Board”) order requiring Starbucks to compensate two allegedly wrongfully...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Ninth Circuit Panel Hears Oral Argument on the NLRB’s Transformative Cemex Decision

On October 21, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board, Case No. 23-2302 (9th Cir.) heard oral argument on the revised National...more

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District Court Rules SpaceX Likely To Succeed in Challenging NLRB Constitutionality

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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

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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Internal Employee Grievance Committees Can Violate Federal Labor Laws

When faced with potential employee organizing activity, some employers react by trying to address worker grievances through alternatives to union representation. Sometimes these approaches involve establishing an internal...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at the Ninth: Sports, Drugs, and Pensions

This week, we take a look at two Ninth Circuit decisions concerning the employer-employee relationship.  In the first, the Court let the lawsuit against the NFL for its negligent handling of drug distribution to its injured...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Federal Appeals Court Vacates Arbitration Award, Concluding Arbitrator Issued Own “Brand of Industrial Justice”

In the field of labor relations, there exist some rare occurrences, things that happen so seldom that it seems as if they are impossible.  As we’ve previously discussed, one such “unicorn sighting” is the NLRB overturning an...more

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