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Fifth Circuit Finds NLRB’s Multilayer Removal Protections for Board Members and Administrative Law Judges Are Likely...

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On August 19, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed federal district court preliminary injunctions halting Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). ...more

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Fifth Circuit Panel Finds Unconstitutional Removal Protections Favoring NLRB Members And ALJs

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On August 19, 2025, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a long-anticipated opinion that the NLRA’s protections for Board Members and Administrative Law Judges from presidential removal are...more

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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

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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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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

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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

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Continued Developments in Challenges to Customs’s Enforcement of Section 337 Exclusion Orders in Disputes Before the U.S. Court of...

At the end of 2018, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued an opinion in One World Techs., Inc. v. United States. In that decision, Judge Choe-Groves concluded that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...more

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Cutting Through the Constitutionality Haze in the Battle Between PHH Corporation and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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So much has been written in recent weeks about the battle between PHH Corporation and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The panel heard oral argument on April 12,...more

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D.C. Circuit Appears Poised to Overturn First CFPB Enforcement Action to Reach the Court: Five Key Takeaways From Yesterday’s Oral...

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Major financial firms almost never litigate with their regulators. As a result, regulators often take aggressive enforcement positions with little fear of judicial scrutiny. That’s been especially true for the Consumer...more

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D.C. Circuit Judge Expresses Concern That CFPB Concentrates “Huge Power” in Single Director

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Yesterday’s oral argument in the CFPB v. PHH Corporation appeal included sharp questioning about the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) single-director structure, which the parties agreed...more

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Constitutionality of CFPB structure at issue in D.C. Circuit oral argument

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The constitutionality of the CFPB’s structure was front and center at this past Tuesday’s oral argument in PHH Corporation et al. v. CFPB before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The case involves PHH’s appeal...more

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