On February 1, 2025, five (5) days after President Trump fired NLRB Member Gwynne A. Wilcox, and NLRB General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo, President Trump fired the NLRB’s second-ranked attorney, NLRB Deputy General Counsel Jessica Rutter. Rutter briefly served as the NLRB Acting General Counsel after Abruzzo’s termination on
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NLRB Regional Director Targets No-Poach Agreements in Latest Complaint
By Joshua Fox & Tony S. Martinez on
On September 12, 2024, the Regional Director for Region 22 (Newark) filed a complaint against Planned Companies, a building maintenance and services provider based in New Jersey alleging that its use of no-poach agreements with its clients violates Section 8(a)(1) and 8(a)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”). …
No Limits: Non-Compete Agreements Next Up on NLRB General Counsel Chopping Block
Following the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) highly-controversial decision in McLaren Macomb declaring most confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in separation agreements to be unlawful, General Counsel Abruzzo this week declared her intention to seek to invalidate nearly all post-employment non-compete agreements, in a memorandum stating her prosecutorial position that…
UPDATE: NLRB Regional Director Issues Complaint Against USC, Pac-12, and the NCAA
By Adam Lupion, Joshua Fox, Ross Evans & Ryan McGill on
On May 18, 2023, Region 31 of the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) issued an unfair labor-practice complaint against USC, the PAC-12, and the NCAA for allegedly misclassifying college athletes as non-employees and suppressing their Section 7 rights under the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”).
While significant, this development comes…
GC Update: Abruzzo Issues New Memorandum Outlining Her Objectives
By Joshua Fox & David Gobel on
On March 20, 2023, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo released a new Memorandum, updating all Regional Directors, Officers-in-Charge and Resident Officers regarding which issues must be submitted to the NLRB Division of Advice—and which need not, because Advice and/or the NLRB addressed them in the last several years.
Specifically,…
“Fight On”; NLRB’s Regional Office Pursuing Unfair Labor Practice Charges on Behalf of College Athletes against USC, Pac-12, and NCAA
On December 15, 2022, the Regional Director of the Los Angeles Region of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) found “merit” in the unfair labor practice charges filed by football and men’s and women’s basketball players against the University of Southern California (“USC”), the Pac-12 Conference, and the…
Not Just Starbucks—Federal Judge Grants 10(j) Injunction against Amazon Based on Employee Termination
By Joshua Fox & Melissa C. Felcher on
As we previously discussed in June 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) pursued a 10(j) injunction against a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York after it fired workers for allegedly engaging in union organizing activities—an action taken based on an initiative articulated by NLRB General Counsel Jennifer…
Latest NLRB General Counsel Memorandum Directs Regions to Attempt to Settle 10(j) Injunctions Before Going to Court
By Mark Theodore, Joshua Fox & Thomas B. Fiascone on
National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel (“GC”) Jennifer Abruzzo stated over a year ago that 10(j) injunctions in NLRB charges were “one of the most important tools available to effectively enforce the [National Labor Relations] Act.” GC Memorandum 21-05. Today, the GC has issued another memorandum on the…