Todd Duffield

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

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Georgia Appellate Court Says Employee Nonsolicitation Covenant Not Enforceable Without Express Geographic Limitation

In a recent decision, a Georgia appellate panel held that an employee nonsolicitation covenant that limits what parties can do following the end of a business relationship must have an explicit geographic limitation to be...more

7/17/2023 / Contract Terms , Employment Contract , Employment Litigation , Enforceability , Former Employee , Geographic Markets , Non-Solicitation Agreements , Restrictive Covenants

States May Not “Hale” an Out-of-State Railroad: No Personal Jurisdiction, Supreme Court Rules

On May 30, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States held that section 56 of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) does not address personal jurisdiction over railroads. The two underlying lawsuits were filed in...more

5/31/2017 / BNSF Railway Co v Tyrrell , Corporate Counsel , Due Process , Fourteenth Amendment , Personal Jurisdiction , Principal Place of Business , Railroads , Railways , SCOTUS

Ninth Circuit Holds No Status Quo Obligation During First Contract Negotiations Under Railway Labor Act

On June 8, 2015, in International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airlines Division v. Allegiant Air, LLC, No. 14-16465 (June 8, 2015), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that under the Railway Labor Act (RLA), employers are...more

6/19/2015 / Collective Bargaining , Contract Negotiations , Railway Labor Act , Teamsters , Union Representatives , Unions

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