Employers Prep for Fight Over Next Top NLRB Attorney’s Authority

Business allies are readying a new slate of legal and political challenges to the confirmation of Jennifer Abruzzo, President Joe Biden’s nominee for top attorney at the federal labor board, arguing she’s being appointed illegally.

Abruzzo’s nomination for National Labor Relations Board general counsel was sent to the Senate on Feb. 17; a confirmation hearing hasn’t been scheduled yet. Management-side lawyers—worried that once she takes control, Abruzzo will roll back policies cemented by her Republican predecessor—already are mapping out a counterattack based on the idea Biden illegally fired Peter Robb, the previous general counsel, and that Abruzzo’s appointment is void. ...