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Fifth Circuit Says NLRB Removal Protections Violate Constitution

Both unionized and non-unionized employers are familiar with the National Labor Relations Board’s authority to pursue and adjudicate unfair labor practice charges. Following high-profile charges brought against SpaceX and...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

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Federal Appeals Court Says Removing Union Literature from Breakrooms Can Be Lawful: How Employers Can Thread the Needle

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A federal appeals court recently held that an employer does not violate federal labor law by removing union flyers left in a breakroom so long as it neutrally applies its housekeeping and solicitation policies. The July 7...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

Poyner Spruill LLP

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

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

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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

Goldberg Segalla

Fifth Circuit Finds NLRB’s Structure Likely Unconstitutional: What Employers Need to Know

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has issued a decision that could reshape the landscape of federal labor law. In SpaceX, et al. v. NLRB, the court held that the National Labor Relations Board’s structure –...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

Husch Blackwell LLP

Does Loper Bright Simply Not Matter to the D. C. Circuit When It Comes to the NLRB? Will the Supreme Court Weigh In?

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On July 31, 2025, Hood River Distillers, Inc. filed a petition for writ of certiorari imploring the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling of the D. C. Circuit. The D. C. Circuit had affirmed a National Labor Relations Board...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Fifth Circuit Bites into NLRB: Apple’s Union Campaign Conduct Lawful

In the latest (of many) U.S. Court of Appeals’ decisions reviewing National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) orders, the Fifth Circuit has tackled employer actions during organizing campaigns. In Apple Inc. v. NLRB, No....more

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Third Circuit Affirms NLRB’s Totality of the Evidence Test in Finding that a Single Employee’s Conduct Constituted Protected...

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On June 23, 2025, in Miller Plastic Products Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, the Third Circuit ruled that substantial evidence supported the Board’s determination that a single employee’s conduct was protected...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Myers Lives: Third Circuit Affirms Precedent Shift But Remands Finding of Protected Concerted Conduct in Light of Affirmative...

Despite the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”) continuing lack of quorum, federal courts of appeal have been busy reviewing its decisions....more

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Fourth Circuit Issues Guidance On Employer Speech During Organizing Campaigns

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A recent Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel enforced part and declined to enforce another part of an NLRB ruling that an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act by telling employees that the union’s...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Circuit Court Roundup: DC Cir. Rejects NLRB’s “Irrational” Impasse Ruling, 4th Cir. Green-Lights Union’s “Sharp-Elbowed” Campaign

While the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) does not have a quorum, a pair of June 13, 2025 decisions by federal courts of appeal highlight key labor law issues under the National Labor Relations Act...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Oregon Won’t Enforce LPA Requirement After Law Declared Illegal – Similar Laws in Other States Are Also Ripe for Challenge

A federal judge in Oregon has struck down the requirement that cannabis companies enter into a labor peace agreement (LPA) as a condition of obtaining or renewing a license. See Casala v. Kotek, D. Oregon, May 20, 2025....more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The NLRB Saga Continues: Gwynne Wilcox Re-Reinstated as NLRB Member, Then Reinstatement Stayed By SCOTUS

In the latest chapter in the evolving fight over the scope of executive power, the en banc D.C. Circuit reversed its prior stay, pending appeal, of the District Court’s order to reinstate Gwynne Wilcox to the NLRB. This means...more

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Whiplash at the NLRB

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On April 7, 2025, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Gwynne Wilcox was again reinstated after initially being fired by President Trump in a short email on January 27, 2025, stating that he had lost confidence in...more

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SCOTUS Chief Justice Upholds Trump’s Ouster of NLRB Member Wilcox – For Now: What Employers Need to Know About Next Steps

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Chief Justice John Roberts just ensured that President Trump’s unprecedented termination of Democrat NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox will stand for now – and it appears the battle could be heading to a final conclusion in the...more

Epstein Becker & Green

NLRB Member Wilcox Reinstated Again: Board Regains a Quorum, at Least for Now

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, by the full court, has ordered that the stay of National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) Member Gwynne Wilcox’s reinstatement to her seat on the Board...more

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The Labor Law Ping-Pong Continues: Federal Appeals Court Allows NLRB Member Wilcox to Return to Work

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne Wilcox will return to work while she challenges her removal. This latest decision reverses a prior decision by a...more

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