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Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
The End of the NLRB’s Successor Bar Doctrine?
By Tom Davies
What are the collective bargaining obligations of an employer that purchases an ongoing business whose employees are currently represented by a labor organization? Under well-established NLRB case law, assuming that…
HR Law Talk
NLRB Gains 3-1 Republican Majority, Setting Stage for Major Policy Shifts
By Tim K. Garrett, Hunter K. Yoches
On August 7, James Macy, a Republican, was confirmed by the Senate to become the third Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board). David Prouty, a…
Employment Law Worldview
New NLRB Majority Takes Shape: What’s Next?
By Chase Clark
On August 7, 2026, the Senate confirmed current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) Member David Prouty to a second term – Member Prouty was first appointed to the…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Senate Confirms 2 NLRB Members, Creating 3–1 Majority
By By C. Thomas Davis, James J. Plunkett, Publisher, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits The U.S. Senate confirmed two nominees for the NLRB to new five-year terms. The confirmations give the Board a 3–1 Republican majority that will allow it to overturn…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Beltway Buzz, August 7, 2026
Senate Confirmation Vote Results in Three-Member Republican Bloc at NLRB. Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed a package of seventy-four executive branch nominees. The package includes National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)…
HR Law Talk
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down NLRB’s Successor Bar, Changing Labor Analysis for Business Acquisitions
By Tim K. Garrett, Hunter K. Yoches
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has invalidated the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB or Board) “successor bar,” which required certain buyers of unionized businesses to recognize…
Labor Relations Update
Texas Court Clash: Do Unconstitutional NLRB Removal Protections Pause an Unfair Labor Practice Case?
By Joshua Fox, Yonatan Grossman-Boder, Ross Evans, Andrew Landesman
A Texas federal district court has split with another Texas district court on a key question: when a court declares the National Labor Relations Board’s removal protections unconstitutional, can it…
Employer Labor Relations
Loper Bright Strikes Again
By: Michael Berkheimer and Alyson Dieckman In a July 21, 2026 decision, the D.C. Circuit struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s “successor bar” doctrine, holding that it is inconsistent…
Labor Relations Update
UPDATE: D.C. Circuit Strikes Down NLRB Successor Bar in Major Post-Loper Bright Ruling
By Joshua Fox, Yonatan Grossman-Boder, Rose Farkish
On July 21, 2026, the D.C. Circuit issued a significant post-Loper Bright decision rejecting the National Labor Relations Board’s (“Board”) successor-bar doctrine. In Hospital Menonita de Guayama, Inc. v. NLRB,…
Ross Runkel Blog
NLRB lacks authority to impose successor bar (2-1).
By Ross Runkel
The NLRB found that a successor employer committed an unfair labor practice by withdrawing recognition to a union. The employer had evidence that the union had lost majority support. But…