Maureen Rouse-Ayoub, labor and employment law attorney. Credit: Varnum Law Legal Tech Firm Takes on NLRB—and Wins
A legal tech company's refusal to enter collective bargaining had merit, the Fifth Circuit said, because a class of supervisors were improperly included in the bargaining unit. The decision went against the National Labor Relations Board.
September 20, 2024 at 03:09 PM
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Labor Law
The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
What You Need to Know
- The inclusion of a disputed class of supervisors led the U.S. Fifth Circuit to reverse an NLRB ruling that a legal tech firm violated the Labor Relations Act.
- A legal tech company the processes work visas refused to enter collective bargaining.
- That refusal led to the NLRB finding of a violation, but the Fifth Circuit held supervisors were improperly included in the bargaining unit.
A Dallas-based legal technology company successfully appealed a National Labor Relations Board ruling that it violated the National Labor Relations Act when it opposed collective bargaining.
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