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The NLRB Stalemate: What’s Next for the NLRB and Wilcox?

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 7/23/2025

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been in a stalemate, as it requires a three-person quorum to issue decisions but currently has only two board members. The situation remains in flux due to President Donald...more

Trump Names New Labor Board Nominees: The 5 Cases That Could Soon Reshape the Law

Fisher Phillips on 7/21/2025

After several months without a functioning quorum, President Trump nominated James Murphy and Scott Mayer to fill vacant seats on the National Labor Relations Board late last week, signaling the potential for a significant...more

President Trump Nominates Two for NLRB, Aiming to Restore Quorum

Polsinelli on 7/21/2025

On July 17, 2025, President Trump announced his selection of two choices for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The President tapped Scott Mayer and James Murphy to fill those seats. If confirmed, Mayer and Murphy...more

Can the Labor Board Finally Get to Work?

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP on 7/21/2025

On June 16, 2025 President Trump announced two key nominations to the National Labor Relations Board: Scott Mayer and James Murphy. If confirmed, Mayer and Murphy will join Chairman Marvin Kaplan (Republican; term ends...more

President Trump Taps Two GOP Nominees for NLRB, But Uncertainty Remains

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 7/21/2025

Although the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has operated for most of this year without a quorum and thus unable to issue decisions, that could soon change. President Trump nominated Scott Mayer (chief labor counsel at...more

Are You Ready for an NLRB Quorum? It May be Coming!

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/18/2025

On July 17, 2025, the White House sent a series of nominations to the Senate, including nominations for two National Labor Relations Board members – Scott Mayer and James Murphy. If confirmed, the nominees would join sitting...more

The Labor Board Rises: President Trump Names Two NLRB Nominees, Meaning Potential for Quorum in Near Future

BakerHostetler on 7/18/2025

On July 16, President Donald Trump nominated to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) Boeing’s chief labor counsel, Scott Mayer, and former NLRB attorney James Murphy. To be seated as Board members, Mayer and...more

President Trump Announces Nominees for Two Vacant Seats on the National Labor Relations Board

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/17/2025

On July 17, 2025, President Trump announced that he was nominating Scott Mayer and James R. Murphy, both Republicans, to serve as Members of the National Labor Relations Board....more

Trump Names Crystal Carey as NLRB General Counsel Nominee

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP on 3/28/2025

President Trump has named a nominee for the NLRB General Counsel position: Crystal Carey, a management-side labor relations partner at the New York office of law firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP. Carey’s nomination is an...more

Changes at Every Level: Board Announces New Standard for Employer Unilateral Change, Federal Judge Rules that NLRB Administrative...

Benesch on 12/17/2024

On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) made it more difficult for employers to make changes to their employees’ working conditions without approval from their union. ...more

Top Five: The Biggest Labor & Employment Developments from 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/9/2024

As we close out 2024 and look to 2025, I polled members of Spilman, myself included, to get their take on some of the biggest labor and employment developments from 2024 that have or will impact employers. You can find more...more

Trump Nominates Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labor Secretary

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 11/27/2024

Last week, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will nominate Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be the next Secretary of Labor. Rep. Chavez-DeRemer most recently represented Oregon’s 5th District in the US House of...more

Beltway Buzz - June 2024 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/17/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

Beltway Buzz - May 2024 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/28/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

Beltway Buzz - January 2024

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/15/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

Beltway Buzz - April 2023 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/1/2023

He’s Running. President Joe Biden announced this week that he will run for reelection in 2024. President Biden has stated that he is the most pro-union president in history, so the Buzz will not be surprised if labor and...more

Full House: A Fully Constituted Biden NLRB is Here

Fisher Phillips on 8/10/2021

Since President Biden’s inauguration, employers have known that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) would eventually return to a majority beholden to the interests of organized labor. However, the big question was when...more

The Practical NLRB Advisor: Summer 2021

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/15/2021

On the eve of his election, President Joe Biden promised to “be the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.” True to his word, his administration has thus far granted organized labor’s every ask. Only 23 minutes into his...more

Beltway Buzz - May 2021 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/1/2021

EEOC Releases Vaccine Guidance. On May 28, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued much-needed guidance regarding COVID-19 vaccinations and the workplace. According to the guidance...more

100 Days of the Biden Administration, Part II: Key Labor and Employment Policy Developments

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/21/2021

In its first 100 days in office, the Biden administration has advanced its policy priorities, many of which have involved repealing the policy accomplishments of the previous presidential administration. The Biden...more

Podcast: Labor Management Relations Under President Biden - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday

Epstein Becker & Green on 3/24/2021

This week on our special podcast series, Employers and the New Administration, we look at what President Biden’s support for unions throughout his political career might mean for labor management relations. On the day of his...more

Beltway Buzz - February 2021

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/8/2021

Congress Sees Its Shadow. It was Groundhog Day this past week, and it sure feels like we have been living the same day over and over again with the way that the parties in Congress can’t agree on an economic stimulus package....more

Mark Gaston Pearce Nominated for Another NLRB Term

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 8/31/2018

Late on August 28, 2018, President Trump nominated Mark Gaston Pearce to serve another term on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board). Pearce was appointed to the Board in 2010 by then-President Barack Obama for a...more

New Labor Board GC Signals Overturning Obama-Era Rulings, But Anticipated Vacancies and Recusals Create Uncertainty

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/8/2017

On November 8, 2017, Peter B. Robb was sworn in as the General Counsel (GC) of the NLRB for a four year term. Robb succeeds Richard Griffin, who has been the GC since November 2013. Robb wasted no time in taking initial steps...more

What Employment Law Changes Should We Expect From the Trump Administration? Ask the Magic 8 Ball

Foster Garvey PC on 12/2/2016

If you had asked me one month ago to predict the winner of the presidential election, I would have been wrong. Therefore, rather than make my own [ill-fated] predictions of the changes that await employers when PEOTUS takes...more

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