February 25, 2022
A look at the labor and employment rulings from D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom President Joe Biden has picked to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, reveals some noteworthy wins for unions and a willingness to delve deeply into how landmark high court decisions like Wal-Mart v. Dukes should be applied.
February 25, 2022
D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court, spent eight years as a federal trial court judge in Washington, D.C., where she handled high-profile showdowns between Congress and the White House, major rulemaking challenges and the notorious "Pizzagate" case. Here are her most notable rulings.
February 01, 2022
The federal-sector labor relations arbiter's 2020 decision narrowing government employers' duty to negotiate changes with unions was arbitrary, a D.C. Circuit panel said Tuesday in the first opinion authored by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, considered a front-runner for a U.S. Supreme Court seat.
October 07, 2021
A D.C. Circuit panel appeared skeptical Thursday of a Federal Labor Relations Authority ruling narrowing federal agencies' obligations to negotiate changes to workers' jobs, questioning the agency's reasons for ditching its prior test.
February 10, 2021
The federal agency that administers labor relations for government workers illegally restricted collective bargaining rights by making it harder for government unions to get agencies to the negotiating table, the American Federation of Government Employees told the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday.