An expectant hush fell over the Federal Courthouse, Courtroom 10, as the Honorable Suzanne Del Vecchio entered with a flourish and ten jurors were assembled and seated in the jury box ready to take their oaths and begin their service in Cook v. Boston Middle School.

In a case before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Hanify & King recently prevailed in overturning a decision by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) that a company violated federal labor law when it implemented a marketplace wage plan after bargaining to impasse with the Teamsters Union.