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Supreme Court Greenlights Trump Administration’s Federal Workforce Restructuring Plan

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On July 8, the US Supreme Court allowed President Trump’s executive order (EO) permitting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)-related planning efforts for the Trump Administration’s restructuring of the federal...more

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Hard Bargaining Gone Bad: D.C. Cir. Upholds NLRB’s Bad-Faith Finding

The U.S. Court of Appeals’ decisions reviewing National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) orders continue to roll in.  Most recently, on June 27, 2025, the D.C. Circuit upheld an NLRB ruling that George Washington University...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

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D.C. Circuit Rejects NLRB’s “Irrational” View of Impasse

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Last week in Troy Grove v. NLRB, No. 23-1164 (D.C. Cir., June 13, 2025), the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit delivered a sharp rebuke to the National Labor Relations Board, finding “irrational” the Board’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

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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

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Oregon Labor Peace Agreement Requirement Struck Down as Preempted by NLRA

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On May 20, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Oregon held that the labor peace agreement (“LPA”) mandate, Measure 119, which requires all state-licensed cannabis businesses to sign a labor peace...more

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Trump Executive Order Dismantling Federal Unions Blocked by Federal Judge

Last month, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order aimed at curbing collective bargaining rights for a large segment of federal employees. The order was issued pursuant to a national security exemption...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Appeals court reinstates injunction against CFPB’s workforce reduction, requiring assessment of employee necessity

On April 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order reinstating a preliminary injunction against the CFPB’s proposed reduction in force (RIF). The U.S. District Court for the District...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

D.C. Circuit Reinstates Injunction Blocking CFPB’s Mass Layoffs 

On April 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reinstated a district court order blocking the CFPB from conducting a large-scale reduction in force. The decision reversed an earlier partial stay that had...more

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Appeals Court Blocks CFPB Layoffs Pending Further Review

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order temporarily halting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) mass layoffs. The court granted an emergency motion to enforce or...more

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Judge Halts CFPB Layoffs Again

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At an emergency hearing this morning in National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought, Judge Amy Berman Jackson once again halted the layoffs of over 1,000 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The judge...more

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Judge bars CFPB mass firings

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The judge who barred the Trump Administration from dismantling the CFPB says the agency cannot implement plans to fire the majority of the bureau’s employees at this stage....more

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D.C. Circuit Court Partially Stays Injunction in NTEU v. CFPB

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On April 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order partially staying the district court’s preliminary injunction in the ongoing legal dispute between the National Treasury Employees...more

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Full D.C. Circuit Court Reinstates Wilcox to the NLRB

On April 7, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held that President Trump’s termination of National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) Member Gwynne Wilcox was unlawful. The decision marks...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Split D.C. Circuit Panel Rules Trump Can Remove Wilcox from NLRB – NLRB to Stay Without a Quorum

A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals issued a favorable ruling for President Trump, staying a recent district court decision that ruled his termination of National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”)...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

D.C. Federal Court Judge Blocks Efforts to Dismantle the CFPB

Recently, Judge Amy Jackson of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction sought by the National Treasury Employees Union, over efforts by Acting Director Russell Vought to...more

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