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The NAM filed an amicus brief in support of an employer’s right to manage internal company investigations of employee misconduct. This case stemmed from a previous National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision where Banner Health Systems instructed employees to maintain confidentiality during ongoing investigations of employee misconduct. This issue is important to manufacturers because their business operations would be disrupted by employees discussing the details of a sensitive internal company investigation. The NAM’s brief argued that the NLRB’s ruling would burden employers by requiring them to justify the need for investigatory confidentiality at a point where such justification would be almost impossible. Although the decision is narrowly tailored, the outcome is a win for manufacturers as the court did not opine on the NLRB’s case-by-case approach to justify employer confidentiality.