The Trump administration appealed a federal judge's decision Thursday that the administration's firing of a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member was illegal – the same day that the ...

Senior Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Thursday that Trump does not have the authority to fire the NLRB board members without cause. Gwynne ...

She ruled that the president's firing of Gwynne Wilcox from the NLRB violated federal law that allows for a board member to be removed only for "neglect of duty or malfeasance in office," and ...

In a scathing ruling, Howell called Trump’s attempt earlier this year to fire Gwynne Wilcox, who had been serving as chair of the NLRB, “a blatant violation of the law … The President’s ...

The January firings of Wilcox and NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo were an early test of the Trump administration’s power. Though the law specifies a board member can only be fired for ...

Senior Judge Beryl Howell, of U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., said Trump lacks the power to freely fire members of the NLRB, in this case Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black woman to serve on ...

Federal Judge Beryl Howell is considering whether President Donald Trump's firing of National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox was illegal. This case is similar to those of Merit Systems ...

Wilcox’s attorneys said no president previously had tried to remove an NLRB member. They argued that board members can only be fired “for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office” and only ...

A federal court ruled that Wilcox remains a full member of the NLRB and she was "unlawfully dismissed" by President Trump. According to a press release, on Jan. 27, Trump attempted to dismiss ...

By December, President Donald Trump had been re-elected. And after he retook the White House on Jan. 20, he ousted the NLRB’s general counsel as well as a Democratic NLRB member, leaving the board ...

President Trump’s National Labor Relations Board just released its first general counsel memo — that is, the document outlining the NLRB’s priorities and legal guidance for the coming term.

In a significant development for employers that use restrictive covenant agreements, on February 14, 2025, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel (GC) William B. Cowen ...