Labor Thursday: Supreme Court Won’t Touch NLRB Deference; Last DOJ Criminal Wage-Fixing Prosecution Goes to Trial; Tennis Players Sue Leagues Over Labor Monopsony; Trump’s NLRB General Counsel Pick’s Anti-Union Past; Teamster’s O’Brien Meets With DOJ Antitrust Chief Slater

Published on Mar 27, 2025

Labor Thursday is a weekly overview of competition and labor market issues and includes our analysis of the timing and priorities of the key agencies overseeing enforcement and rulemaking, including the Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department, and National Labor Relations Board. This week, The Capitol Forum looks at DOJ’s final outstanding criminal wage-fixing case, a lawsuit accusing the tennis men’s and women’s governing […]

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