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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

President Trump Fires NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo and Removes NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox

Husch Blackwell LLP on 1/29/2025

Between the close of business on Monday, January 27 and the following morning, President Trump discharged Jennifer Abruzzo from her duties as the general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board. Jessica Rutter was...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

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 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/8/2023

SCOTUS to Revisit Precedent on Agency Deference. This week, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) agreed to hear Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a case that will invite the Court to overrule its 1984 decision...more

Beltway Buzz - April 2022 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/11/2022

KBJ Makes History. On April 7, 2022, the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Judge Jackson was confirmed by a vote of 53–47, with Republicans...more

Beltway Buzz - March 2022 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/28/2022

The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary held hearings this week on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Republican senators focused on Judge...more

Beltway Buzz - January 2022 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/17/2022

SCOTUS Halts OSHA’s Vax-or-Test ETS (but Greenlights CMS Rule). On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States stayed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccination-or-testing...more

Beltway Buzz - January 2022

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/10/2022

With 2022 underway, set forth below are the major labor and employment policy issues that the Buzz is keeping an eye on as we begin a new (midterm election) year. COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements. Today the Supreme Court of...more

Beltway Buzz - June 2021

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/7/2021

Workforce Update. The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of Labor Statistics released its May 2021 jobs report on June 4, 2021. According to the report, American employers added 559,000 jobs in the previous month....more

Beltway Buzz - January 2019 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/21/2019

“Snurlough.” Today is day 28 of the partial government shutdown. A bigger-than-expected snowstorm that hit the D.C. region this past weekend led to a Monday in which the federal government was both closed and (partially) shut...more

Supreme Court 2016-17 Recap

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/20/2017

The politics surrounding the appointment of a new justice to the U.S. Supreme Court dominated the news cycle during the 2016-17 term, but the Court’s decisions themselves have been far from controversial. As the term draws to...more

Waiting for Gorsuch: SCOTUS Kicks Important Class-Action Waiver Case to Next Term

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/17/2017

Last week, the United States Supreme Court informed litigants in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis that it is pushing the case to its October 2017 term. The lawsuit, which rose up through the Western District of Wisconsin and the...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

What Employers Can Expect From The Trump Administration

Franczek P.C. on 11/15/2016

Like the rest of the country, employers and HR professionals are left wondering what Donald Trump’s unexpected election as President means for the country. The Trump campaign was often light on detailed policy proposals, but...more

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