New Virginia Law Prohibits Use of Non-Compete Agreements with Low-Wage Employees
As we previously discussed here, the Virginia legislature was considering a bill earlier this year that would limit the use of non-compete agreements with certain categories of employees. Earlier this...
View ArticleAmazon Sues Former Marketing VP who Took Job at Google over Alleged Breach of...
E-commerce and tech behemoth, Amazon, has filed a lawsuit against the former vice president of marketing for its Amazon Web Services division, Brian Hall, alleging that his new role at Google Cloud...
View ArticleEmployee Claims His Signature Was Forged on Employment Contract
When workers get sued by their employer for breaching their employment contract, it’s fairly common for the workers to argue that the contract was invalid, but it’s less common for them to claim their...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Rules Non-Compete Agreement Unenforceable against...
Layoffs have become commonplace in the COVID-19 era as employers are forced to trim staff levels amid shelter-in-place orders. Many of these employers intend to rehire their former employees when the...
View ArticleFormer Google Engineer Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Theft of Trade...
We previously wrote about ex-Google engineer Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Google’s self-driving division, who was charged criminally for misappropriation of trade secrets prior to his...
View ArticleWinemaker Sues Ex-Employee for Starting Competing Business During Tenure
An employee of a wine-making company was sued by his former employer for starting a competing business while he was still serving as the company’s president. The company also alleged that he misused...
View ArticleSwimming Coach Sued by Former Employer for Launching Competing Company —...
If you think you’d be better off leaving your job to start your own company that does the same thing as your employer, you’d better check the terms of your employment contract first. A swimming coach...
View ArticleIllinois Set to Impose New Restrictions on Use of Non-Compete and...
Illinois recently joined a growing list of states that have passed laws constraining the use of restrictive covenants by employers. The Illinois legislature passed Senate Bill 672 which imposes...
View ArticleGovernor Pritzker Signs New Law Changing the Game on Non-Compete Agreements
As we previously wrote about, this May the Illinois legislature passed a major bill that significantly alters how and when employers can use restrictive covenants, such as non-compete and...
View ArticlePresident Biden’s Executive Order Encourages Federal Agencies to Increase...
The federal government has increased its efforts to curtail the abuse of restrictive covenants such as non-compete agreements, non-solicitation agreements, and no-poaching agreements. In July of this...
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