On March 6, 2026, the Sixth Circuit issued its decision in Brown-Forman Corporation v. NLRB, marking the first appellate rejection of the National Labor Relations Boards’ (“NLRB” or “Board”) Cemex framework. As previously reported, in August 2023, the Board issued Cemex, which upended 50 years of precedent
Justin Chuang
Justin Chuang is an associate in the Labor Department and is a member of the Employment Litigation & Counseling Groups.
Justin is a Georgetown Law graduate with a strong background in public interest law and policy. He led a clinic project on gentrification and displacement in D.C.’s Chinatown, interned at the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center on tenants’ rights and immigration, and authored a report on Asian American gun ownership at the Brady Center. Justin also served as a senior staff editor for the Georgetown Journal of Modern and Critical Race Perspectives.
Federal District Court in D.C. Strikes Down Removal Protections for ALJs
The continued legal challenges to the constitutionality of certain aspects of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) and National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) took a potentially significant turn in a decision issued by the District Court for the District of Columbia on December 10, 2024.