July 28, 2022
The Third Circuit revived part of a lawsuit Thursday that nursing home operators filed claiming Service Employees International Union affiliates extorted the companies during bargaining, reversing an earlier panel decision and saying a jury could reasonably determine that the unions endorsed vandalism at the properties.
April 14, 2022
A Third Circuit panel will reexamine nursing home operators' Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act suit accusing labor unions of extortion, according to a Thursday order erasing a split precedential opinion that the businesses say expanded U.S. Supreme Court precedent in shielding unions from RICO liability over such claims.
January 04, 2022
The Third Circuit applied irrelevant precedent and required too high a standard of proof when it tossed a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act suit claiming unions used extortion to notch wins during bargaining with nursing home operators, the companies argued in asking the full appeals court to rehear the case.
December 20, 2021
The Third Circuit affirmed a lower court decision tossing nursing home operators' claims that three unions resorted to fraud and extortion to advance bargaining and organizing efforts across locations in the Northeast, keeping the precedential opinion under seal.
September 24, 2020
The Third Circuit on Thursday questioned why a jury was denied the opportunity to decide whether pressure tactics used by unions representing Care One workers amounted to extortion, as the nursing home chain sought to revive its racketeering lawsuit during an oral argument.