Category: Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition
FTC Proposes to Ban Employee Noncompete Agreements
From JDSupra, Zarema Jaramillo, Jessica Kriegsfeld, Jonathan Lewis, and Julie Levinson Werner discuss a rule proposed by…
Federal Court Determines that Garden Leave Payments Under Massachusetts Non-Compete Law Are Not Wages, Limiting Former Employees’ Leverage Under Wage Act
From JDSupra, Dawn Mertineit and Cat Johns discuss a recent case in which the court said that…
Massachusetts Court Rejects Attempt to Circumvent Non-Compete Law
From JDSupra, Sara Higgins discusses a recent case in which an employer attempted to circumvent the requirements…
Court Awards Employer Over $1 Million for Former Employee’s Breach of Nonsolicitation Clause
Staffing companies are often concerned that their salespeople will leave ant solicit their customers on behalf of…
Former Owner of Health Care Staffing Company Indicted for Wage Fixing
Antitrust Division Remains Committed to Prosecuting Collusion in Labor Markets A federal grand jury returned an indictment…
Four Individuals Indicted on Wage Fixing and Labor Market Allocation Charges
Conspiracy Aimed at Suppressing Pay for Essential Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic A federal grand jury in Portland,…
Health Care Staffing Company and Executive Indicted for Colluding to Suppress Wages of School Nurses
The United States Department of Justice alleges that a healthcare staffing company manager amnd others agreed not…
Oh the Horror: No Work for Hire in Friday the 13th Screenplay
From JDSupra, Joshua Revilla discusses a case in which the rights to Friday the 13th hinged on whether…
Anti-Raiding Provision Upheld by Massachusetts High Court
From Jackson Lewis PC, Colin A. Thakkar and Erik J. Winton discusses a recent case which upheld an anti-raiding…
That Was Quick—Massachusetts Legislature Seeks to Clarify 2018 Non-Compete Law, and to Exempt Physician Assistants
From JDSupra, Erik Weibust provides an update on the efforts by the Massachusetts legislature to clarify the…
Noncompetes with Massachusetts Employees: Subsidizing a Former Employee’s “Garden Leave”
From JDSupra, Lori Caron Silveira provides a terrific review of Massachusetts non-compete law. Lori writes: Effective October 1,…
Massachusetts Employers: Protect Your Documents
From JDSupra, Fisher Phillips provide excellent advice on handling confidential information. Fisher Phillips writes: An important new…
