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 Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”).

The Ninth Circuit is…

New York construction-industry employers should be aware of a significant change to the state’s Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) law.  On December 19, Governor Kathy Hochul signed Assembly Bill 4727 (“A4727”) into law, expanding PFL eligibility to many construction workers who work for multiple employers under a collective bargaining agreement each…

On December 26, 2025, a federal judge in the Eastern District of California granted the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”) bid for a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of recently enacted labor legislation that empowers the California Public Employment Relations Board (“PERB”) to regulate certain private-sector labor relations…

On December 18, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointments of Members Scott Mayer and James Murphy, and General Counsel (“GC”) Crystal Carey, to the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”).  Eleven months after Member Gwynne Wilcox’s unprecedented firing, the Board has regained a three-Member quorum and…

In a significant decision, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held on December 3, 2025 that federal courts lack jurisdiction to issue injunctions that would halt ongoing National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) administrative proceedings—even when an employer frames its challenge as a constitutional attack on the NLRB’s structure.

The ruling…

UPDATE: On December 3, 2025, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (“HELP”) Committee approved President Trump’s nomination of Scott Mayer to fill one of the vacant Republican seats on the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”).  Almost two months ago, on October 9, the HELP Committee also…