Robert Iafolla

Washington, D.C.

Senior Legal Reporter at Bloomberg Law

Reporter covering labor & employment for @BLaw. Vinyl enthusiast. RTs & likes ≠ endorsements.

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Articles

Labor Board Loses Edge in Court Review as Judges Avoid Precedent

5 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Robert Iafolla |Jay-Anne Casuga

Several appellate courts ignored US Supreme Court precedent privileging the NLRB’s takes on federal labor law in their decisions discussing a landmark ruling that ended deference to agencies’ interpretations of vague laws. Five circuit courts have considered how Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo affects their assessment of the National Labor Relations Board’s legal interpretations since the high court handed down that decision a year ago, according to a Bloomberg Law review of cases.
Labor Board Loses Edge in Court Review as Judges Avoid Precedent

5 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Iafolla

Deep DiveJune 23, 2025, 9:10 AM UTC National Labor Relations Board decisions and orders volumes sit on a shelf at the headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019.
Chili’s Must Face Age Discrimination Trial, Sixth Circuit Rules

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Iafolla

Summary judgment for restaurant chain reversedAppeals court opened door to enhanced sanctionsA federal appeals court revived a former Chili’s Grill & Bar general manager’s lawsuit alleging the restaurant chain illegally fired him because of his age.
Chili’s Must Face Age Discrimination Trial, Sixth Circuit Rules

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Robert Iafolla

A federal appeals court revived a former Chili’s Grill & Bar general manager’s lawsuit alleging the restaurant chain illegally fired him because of his age. The district judge who threw out Jeff Kean’s age bias case improperly relied on an inadmissible Chili’s report, known as the TMR report, when it accepted the chain’s nondiscriminatory explanation for the termination, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held Tuesday.
Challenge to Abruzzo’s Captive Audience Memo Nixed by Fifth Cir.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Robert Iafolla

A federal appeals court tossed a staffing industry challenge to a National Labor Relations Board enforcement memo on mandatory anti-union meetings that the agency’s Biden-era general counsel issued. A coalition of staffing firms couldn’t show the likelihood of injury necessary to establish its standing to contest former NLRB GC Jennifer Abruzzo’s 2022 memo, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held Tuesday.
Challenge to Abruzzo’s Captive Audience Memo Nixed by Fifth Cir.

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Iafolla

June 17, 2025, 5:08 PM UTC Jennifer Abruzzo, former general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, listens during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in Washington on April 29, 2021. Al Drago/Bloomberg A federal appeals court tossed a staffing industry challenge to a National Labor Relations Board enforcement memo on mandatory anti-union meetings that the agency’s Biden-era general counsel issued.
Companies Dispute NLRB Officials’ Power When Board Lacks Quorum

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Iafolla

Regional directors use power delegated from boardEmployers setting up future litigation of issue in courtEmployers are contesting NLRB’s regional directors’ authority to rule in union representation cases while the board lacks a quorum, planting the seeds for future challenges to the agency’s ability to function the next time it’s short board members.
Companies Dispute NLRB Officials’ Power When Board Lacks Quorum

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Robert Iafolla |Jay-Anne Casuga

Employers are contesting NLRB’s regional directors’ authority to rule in union representation cases while the board lacks a quorum, planting the seeds for future challenges to the agency’s ability to function the next time it’s short board members.
Automotive Supplier’s Bid to Halt NLRB Case Hits Court Hurdles

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Iafolla

June 12, 2025, 6:53 PM UTC National Labor Relations Board decisions and orders volumes sit on a shelf at the headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, 2019. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Company contests labor board’s constitutionalityNLRB judge recently ruled against employerA federal appeals court wrestled with several obstacles hindering an automotive fuel systems company’s attempt to block an unfair labor practice case that’s being litigated at the National Labor Relations Board.
Automotive Supplier’s Bid to Halt NLRB Case Meets Hurdles (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Robert Iafolla

A federal appeals court wrestled with several obstacles hindering an automotive fuel systems company’s attempt to block an unfair labor practice case that’s being litigated at the National Labor Relations Board. YAPP USA Automotive Systems Inc.'s three grounds for freezing the NLRB proceedings have problems that were raised during oral argument at the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Thursday.