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

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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

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Trump Finally Appoints New NLRB Members

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Last week, President Donald Trump appointed two new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) members. These nominees are: Scott Mayer, who currently serves as the Chief Labor Counsel for Boeing....more

Fisher Phillips

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

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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

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President Trump Nominates Two for NLRB, Aiming to Restore Quorum

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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

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Can the Labor Board Finally Get to Work?

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

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

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

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

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

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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

Epstein Becker & Green

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

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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

Husch Blackwell LLP

The Labor Law Insider: NLRB Does a U-Turn on Make-Whole Settlement Remedies, Part II

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Host Tom Godar welcomes back to the show Husch Blackwell attorney Mary-Ann Czak for the second installment of a two-part discussion on a recently published memorandum from William Cowen, Acting General Counsel of the National...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Coalition for a Democratic Workplace Urges US Attorney General to Unilaterally Override Biden-Era NLRB Decisions

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The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) – an association of several hundred employers and employer associations – sent letters to US Attorney General Pam Bondi to direct the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The NLRB’s 2025 U-Turn: Stay Buckled

As many of you no doubt read in our Bradley Labor and Employment Practice Group publications and many other sources, the Biden presidency was probably the most pro-union administration in history, and the actions of the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

The Labor Law Insider: How Unions Are Navigating Trump 2.0, Part II

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Host Tom Godar welcomes Husch Blackwell colleague Adam Doerr back to the show for the second and final part of a conversation exploring how organized labor has approached the early days of Trump 2.0. In this episode, Tom and...more

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The Labor Law Insider - How Unions Are Navigating Trump 2.0, Part I

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Host Tom Godar welcomes Husch Blackwell colleague Adam Doerr to the show for a two-part episode to discuss how organized labor has approached the early days of Trump 2.0. Among other actions, the administration dismissed the...more

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Trump Executive Order Targets Federal Unions and Sparks Legal Battle over Bargaining at 18 Agencies

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By Executive Order dated March 27, 2025, entitled, “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,” President Trump moved to end collective bargaining with unions at 18 federal agencies and urged them to void...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

2025 NLRB Forecast: What Employers Should Expect Under President Trump's Administration

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On January 27, 2025 — seven days after he was sworn in — President Trump fired Gwynne Wilcox, a Democratic member, and former Chair of, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”). Although Wilcox’s term was...more

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The Practical NLRB Advisor: Spring 2025

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Spring 2025 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. Whether borne of a desire to rein in the general ubiquity of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

FMCS Services Curtailed Pursuant to Executive Order

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The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) has begun to significantly curtail services as the agency moves to implement a March 14 Executive Order, Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, that directs...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Trump Names Crystal Carey as NLRB General Counsel Nominee

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

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

[Webinar] Positive Employee Relations, Protected Concerted Activity, and Union Organizing - March 12th, 1:00 pm ET

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As companies continue to grow and employ diverse cohorts of skilled workers and professionals across all levels, understanding the legal landscape and mastering the rules of engagement in employee and labor relations is...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Pendulum Swings – Changes at the NLRB Under the Trump Administration

The installation of a new Administration with a fundamentally different philosophical identity once again foreshadows fundamental changes in the relationship between private sector employees and employers governed by the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Biden Administration Labor Law Initiatives Swept Away

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In a widely expected move, Acting National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel William Cohen rescinded a range of Biden Administration labor-law policies, including high-profile directives that targeted...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

A Valentine for some NLRB watchers: Former General Counsel memoranda rescinded

On February 14, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board issued a Memorandum announcing the rescission of many of the memoranda issued by his predecessor, General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. GC Abruzzo...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

Senior Leadership at DOL, OSHA, and MSHA Under a 2nd Trump Administration Is Taking Shape

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As Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer braces for a flurry of questions at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on her way to a full Senate vote to become President...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Trump’s NLRB Break-Up: A Valentine’s Day Shake-Up For Employers

The Trump administration just made a significant move in reshaping federal labor law by beginning the process of undoing the labor policies put in place under the Biden administration. On February 14, 2025, National Labor...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

NLRB Board Member Challenges President Trump’s Executive Power

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On September 6, 2023, Democratic member Gwynne Wilcox was appointed to the NLRB by former President Joe Biden. Her five-year term was scheduled to end in 2028. ...more

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