Litigation
Dec. 5, 2013
Ruling deals blow to NLRB precedent on class action waivers
The board held that workers have a substantive right to participate in concerted legal activity such as a joint or class lawsuit.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned a much-watched labor rule that offered some protection for workers' rights to file group actions against their employers.
The move deals another blow to a National Labor Relations Board precedent that's regularly cited by plaintiffs' lawyers to fight class action waivers in arbitration agreements. The board held in D.R. Horto...
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