April 02, 2025
A Puerto Rico hospital urged the D.C. Circuit to take a fresh look at the National Labor Relations Board's so-called successor bar doctrine, challenging the appeals court's prior deference to the board on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, which sent the case back given its Loper Bright ruling.
May 07, 2024
The D.C. Circuit rejected on Tuesday a Puerto Rico hospital's request for an en banc rehearing over the appeals court's decision to affirm the National Labor Relations Board's conclusions that the hospital illegally withdrew a union's recognition after becoming a successor employer.
April 12, 2024
A Puerto Rico hospital on Friday asked the D.C. Circuit to reconsider a February panel decision that upheld the National Labor Relations Board's finding that the hospital unlawfully withdrew recognition from a union, saying it was too deferential to the board's interpretation of federal labor law.
February 21, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board defended its rule for when employers must recognize an existing union after acquiring operations of another company, urging the D.C. Circuit to uphold a ruling from last year that found a Puerto Rico hospital unlawfully withdrew recognition of a nurses union.