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Richard Hankins

Richard Hankins Partner

  • Dallas

    D +1.214.259.4960

    F +1.214.965.7760

    Dallas

    500 North Akard Street, Suite 3300

    Dallas, TX 75201-3347

    +1.214.259.4960

    RHankins@perkinscoie.com

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  • 03.19.2024
    Court Vacates National Labor Relations Board’s Joint Employer Rule
    Updates
    The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s final rule addressing the standard under which two entities may be considered joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act, on March 8, 2024. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board, et al., Case No. 6:23-CV-00553, 2024 WL 1045231 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 8, 2024).
  • 11.22.2023
    NLRB General Counsel Issues Cemex Guidance
    Updates
    This summer, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC that upended decades of precedent regarding the representation election process.
  • 10.31.2023
    National Labor Relations Board Addresses Joint Employer Standard
    Updates
    The National Labor Relations Board released a final rule on October 26, 2023, which addresses the standard under which two entities may be considered joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act.
  • 09.05.2023
    National Labor Relations Board Announces New Requirements for Union Representation Cases
    Updates
    The U.S. National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC on August 25, 2023, upending decades of precedent regarding the representation election process.
  • 12.20.2022
    NLRB Returns to Obama-Era Microunit Standard
    Updates

    The National Labor Relations Board has thrown out the Trump-era standard used to determine whether a microunit is appropriate and reinstated the Obama-era standard.

  • 06.15.2022
    2022 Annual Labor & Employment Law Workshop (Virtual)
    Webinars
    A half-day, virtual employment law workshop, which covered a variety of topics, including an update on seminal federal and state employment law developments including in the areas of wage-and-hour law and the gig economy, family and medical leave and accommodations, arbitration and confidentiality in employment agreements, and other trends employers should watch in 2022.

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • Georgia

Education

  • University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 1985
  • Freed-Hardeman College, B.S., 1982