On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision granting President Trump’s emergency application to stay D.C. Circuit Court orders that reinstated National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) member Gwynne A. Wilcox and Merit Systems Protection Board (“MSPB”) member Cathy A. Harris. This stay will remain in effect while…

On May 16, 2025, the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) Acting General Counsel, William B. Cowen, issued Memorandum GC 25-06, titled “Seeking Remedial Relief in Settlement Agreements,” that significantly loosens the requirements before NLRB Regions to approve settlements of unfair labor practice charges. 

The Memorandum comes on the heels…

The D.C. Circuit’s April 22, 2025 decision offers an important lesson on joint-employer cases under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or “Act”): without an ongoing contractual relationship, the dispute can vanish in a puff of mootness.

Google contracted with Cognizant Technology Solutions (“Cognizant”) in 2019 to provide services through…

On April 9, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a brief order, staying the District Court’s order reinstating former National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) Member Gwynne A. Wilcox.  The Board is now left without a quorum for a third time, which, under the National Labor…

On March 28, 2025, the United States District Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit stayed the District Court’s order reinstating former National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) Member Gwynne A. Wilcox.  The Board is again left without a quorum, which, under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or…