ABC of Michigan v. William Cowen

  1. March 25, 2025

    6th Circ. Won't Rethink Ruling On 'Captive Audience' Memo

    A Sixth Circuit panel on Tuesday said it wouldn't rethink its ruling that a Michigan construction trade group lacks standing to challenge the constitutionality of a memo from the National Labor Relations Board former general counsel regarding employers' anti-union meetings.

  2. February 26, 2025

    Trade Group Urges 6th Circ. To Undo Moot NLRB Memo Ruling

    Michigan builders are seeking to undo a ruling axing their challenge to a Biden-era policy targeting mandatory anti-union meetings now that the National Labor Relations Board's acting general counsel has withdrawn the directive. 

  3. February 13, 2025

    6th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Builders' Challenge To NLRB Memo

    The Sixth Circuit rejected a trade association's constitutional challenge to a memo by the National Labor Relations Board's former general counsel saying she believed that employers violate labor laws when they hold mandatory  meetings discouraging unionization, ruling Thursday that the association lacked standing.

  4. January 30, 2025

    6th Circ. Wonders If Trump NLRB Shake-Up Moots Memo Suit

    Sixth Circuit judges wrestled Thursday with what to do with a legal challenge to a memo penned by the National Labor Relations Board's former general counsel given her recent firing and expected shifts in the agency's policy direction under President Donald Trump.

  5. October 17, 2024

    6th Circ. Can't Ax Captive Audience Memo, NLRB Atty Says

    A Michigan federal judge properly tossed a challenge to a memo that outlined why National Labor Relations Board general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo thinks so-called captive audience meetings are illegal, Abruzzo told the Sixth Circuit, saying the memo isn't the kind of agency action that's reviewable in federal courts.

  6. August 19, 2024

    Builders Want 6th Circ. Nix Of NLRB Captive Meeting Memo

    The National Labor Relations Board general counsel's memorandum saying so-called captive audience meetings are unlawful is a "censorship scheme," the Associated Builders and Contractors of Michigan argued to the Sixth Circuit, seeking reversal of a lower court ruling that tossed the group's First Amendment claims.