HR 773 · 109th Congress · Labor and Employment

Fairness in Labor Litigation Act

Introduced 2005-02-10· Sponsored by Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.(2005-03-24)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Fairness in Labor Litigation Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for an employer or a labor organization, respectively, to bring or cause to be brought any civil or adversarial adjudicatory action against a labor organization or an employer, respectively, if, irrespective of the outcome, such action is determined by a competent fact finder to be frivolous, vexatious, or objectively baseless and not brought in good faith. Makes the party found to have violated this prohibition liable to the party or parties against whom such action is brought for all reasonable costs, fees, and expenses incurred in the defense of such action.…

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