A tenured professor at Erskine College in Due West claimed the institution breached its employment contract with him as set forth in the faculty manual. The trial court overruled the jury verdict in the professor’s favor, but...more
11/9/2020
/ Breach of Contract ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Terms ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Teachers ,
Tenure
In 2016 we wrote about a non-compete decision where special referee found that a seller of a business had breached a sales agreement by violating both a non-compete covenant and an exclusive sales provision contained in the...more
9/17/2018
/ Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Breach of Contract ,
Damages ,
Employment Contract ,
Exclusivity Clauses ,
Lost Profits ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Purchase Agreement ,
Remand ,
Request for Proposals ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Reversal ,
Selling a Business
Over the years, we have written a number of articles about the importance of making sure your employment documents contain clear, understandable language. One of our federal district judges was recently faced with an...more
6/29/2017
/ Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Duty ,
Employment Contract ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Intellectual Property Agreements ,
Software Developers ,
Startups ,
Technology Sector ,
The Copyright Act ,
Tortious Interference ,
Unjust Enrichment ,
Unmemorialized Agreements ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Work-For-Hire ,
Written Agreements
Employees and their counsel have been very aggressive in attempting to couch employment claims as state-law matters and filing claims in state court instead of federal court to try to avoid the federal judiciary. For various...more
3/1/2017
/ At-Will Employment ,
Boeing ,
Breach of Contract ,
Defamation ,
Defense Strategies ,
Dismissals ,
Employment Contract ,
Exclusive Remedy ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Implied Contract ,
Motion to Amend ,
OSHA ,
Public Policy ,
State Labor Laws ,
State Law Claims ,
Whistleblowers ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Termination