5th Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc In Fracking Employment Termination Case

Mealey's (August 5, 2022, 10:06 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 19 issued the mandate in which it reversed a lower court and held that a hydraulic fracturing company violated federal law when it terminated the employment of three workers during the COVID-19 pandemic without providing advanced notice, denying the fracking operator’s petition for rehearing en banc....