The U.S. Justice Department is weighing whether to appeal a Texas judge’s decision this week to put a nationwide freeze on the Labor Department’s “persuader” rule, a regulation designed to give workers more information about discussions between employers and the lawyers who help them resist union-organizing campaigns.

On Monday, Judge Sam Cummings in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texasgranted a temporary injunction to block the rule’s disclosure requirements from taking effect July 1.

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