As we start to think about the weekend, below are the latest additions to “Stuck at Home Doesn’t Have to Mean Bored at Home.” The purpose of the original post and these updates is to provide...
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act deems certain uses of a computer to be unlawful (civilly and criminally). But, the Act is not the picture of clarity. The language that has created the most...
As we head into the weekend, below are the latest additions to “Stuck at Home Doesn’t Have to Mean Bored at Home.” The purpose of the original post and these updates is to provide ideas for m...
As quiet as Virginia was in passing its noncompete for low wage (read “average wage”) employees, Indiana was even more quiet in passing legislation to restrict physician noncompetes. What it sa...
The Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (the “NAA”) does not impose on a “garden leave clause” the same requirements it imposes on a noncompetition agreement. The NAA states that, ...
Below are the latest additions to “Stuck at Home Doesn’t Have to Mean Bored at Home.” The purpose of the original post and these updates is to provide ideas for maintaining some quality of li...
Virginia is the latest state to follow the trend of imposing a ban on the use of noncompetes for low-wage workers (however defined) and rejecting a California/Oklahoma/North Dakota-style wholesale ba...
Below are the latest additions to “Stuck at Home Doesn’t Have to Mean Bored at Home.” The purpose of the original post and these updates is to provide ideas for maintaining some quality of li...
Below are the latest additions to “Stuck at Home Doesn’t Have to Mean Bored at Home.” The purpose of the original post and these updates is to provide ideas for maintaining some quality of li...
The First Circuit’s long-awaited decision in NuVasive v. Day has finally arrived! And, it’s a big nothing burger: nothing new about the new Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act, G.L....
Below are the latest additions to “Stuck at Home Doesn’t Have to Mean Bored at Home.” (No, this post is not an accident! :) ) The purpose of the original post and these updates is to provide...
With the continuing unfolding of the COVID19 pandemic, I remain particularly focused on identifying resources that I hope will be helpful to people while they try to cope with the new reality (hence t...
Below are this weekend’s additions to “Stuck at Home Doesn’t Have to Mean Bored at Home.” Enjoy . . . Home Not Alone (with Kids) If you’re in need of some more ideas for entertaining...
On March 21, I posted, “Stuck at Home Doesn’t Have to Mean Bored at Home.” (The picture is Hugo Gernsback’s “The Isolator,” which was a device to aid in concentration when working home.)...
As we all try to (optimistically) plan for a resumed in-person world, please mark your calendars for the rescheduled AIPLA 2020 Trade Secret Law Summit. It is truly one of the premier trade secrets pr...
You can often can tell where a decision is headed just by its opening line. In Peggy Lawton Kitchens, Inc. v. Hogan (a seminal trade secret case in Massachusetts about the theft of a beloved se...
Apparently Hugo Gernsback knew this day would come. (Well, maybe not this day.) The Isolator aside, these are certainly crazy times. Whether on full lockdown working from home or something short...
Ask two lawyers for their opinion, and you’ll get three opinions. But I asked 21 lawyers and a paralegal and got only one opinion. That opinion that is set out in a letter we collectively submitte...
Before posting anything more, I wanted to take a moment to send my thoughts to all of those affected – directly and indirectly – by COVID-19. COVID-19 has had, and will continue to have, increasi...
I have updated my 50 State Noncompete Chart to add statutory references for the recent developments. Click here to get the latest version of the 50 State Noncompete Chart. (The chart is current...
The FTC conducted its first workshop on noncompetes on January 9, 2020. An opportunity for the public to submit comments remains open until March 11, which is only two weeks away. I attended the wo...
Hello all, just a quick note, we are just under a month away from the AIPLA's 2020 Trade Secret Law Summit, truly one of the premier trade secrets programs. The Summit is scheduled for Monday, Marc...
*This post was originally published by Erika Hahn and me on Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly under the title, “Consideration happens, but not during garden leave.” The 2018 Massachusetts noncompet...
New year, new laws, new issues: First, at the state level... A number of states have modified their noncompete laws last year: Florida: banned noncompetes for specialist physicians in certain...