What does the Supreme Court’s NLRB ruling mean for hundreds of labor cases?

Yet little is likely to change because those decisions are almost certain to be reaffirmed by the current board, labor lawyers and others who regularly deal with the agency said.

“Obviously dozens, if not hundreds of cases, will be invalidated,” said Joel S. Barras, a lawyer who represents employers in labor litigation. “But I would anticipate the new board reaching the same conclusions that the previous board did.”

Given that reality, Barras said it is likely that most of the cases thrown into question by the high court’s decision will likely be dropped, unless employers were simply looking to buy time.