On February 20, 2026, the Washington State Senate advanced House Bill 2471 (“HB 2471”), a proposed law that would authorize the state to regulate certain private-sector labor disputes if the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) ceases to preempt state regulation
On February 9, 2026, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) dismissed its long-running unfair labor practice complaint against SpaceX that alleged SpaceX unlawfully terminated certain engineers. The Board’s dismissal letter states that the NLRB lacks jurisdiction over
As reported here, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) regained a quorum late last year. Many expected that the new Republican majority would soon begin revisiting the Biden-era decisions that were widely considered to be favorable
On January 28, 2026, the D.C. Circuit declined former National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) member Gwynne Wilcox’s request for en banc review of its prior decision upholding her termination, which we covered here.
Wilcox’s suit challenges President
As an update to our previous blog, on January 28, 2026, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) issued further guidance clarifying GC 26-01, explaining that the new docketing protocol is intended only as a practical adjustment
On January 15, 2026, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued its first published decision with a new quorum. In Satellite Healthcare, 374 N.L.R.B. No. 25, the Board held that Regional Directors (“RDs”) retain their delegated
On December 23, 2025, in one of his final acts in the role, then National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) Acting General Counsel (“Acting GC”) William B. Cowen quietly released General Counsel Memorandum GC 26-01, modifying the procedure
On December 30, 2025, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York vacated a recent Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (“FMCS”) policy that laid off a substantial number of federal mediators and sharply limited when the agency would
On December 29, 2025, the Ninth Circuit upheld a district court’s refusal to grant Amazon’s request for a preliminary injunction to pause an ongoing unfair labor practice proceeding while Amazon litigates its constitutional challenge to the structure of the National
On December 22, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in to stay the Third Circuit’s enforcement of a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) decision and order requiring the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (the “Post-Gazette”) to bargain in good faith
