Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards recently issued Executive Proclamation Number 33 JBE 2020, requiring all residents of the state to remain in their homes until April 13. The Order, which went into effect at 5:00 p.m. CDT...more
When a Florida federal court recently rejected a hospital system’s attempt to keep its physician compensation data private, despite a claim that the information constituted a trade secret, healthcare employers across the...more
2/5/2019
/ Confidential Information ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Rates ,
Physicians ,
Public Disclosure ,
Public Information ,
Sealed Records ,
Trade Secrets ,
Wage and Hour
Anyone working in the healthcare industry knows the saying: “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” It’s one of the most common adages used when discussing the benefits of a healthy lifestyle or the importance of...more
5/9/2018
/ Competition ,
Confidential Information ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Customer Information ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health Care Providers ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Patients ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Trade Secrets
Many defendants attempt to defend claims for trade secret misappropriation by claiming that they never used or disclosed the information in question. Based on a recent ruling by a federal district court in New York, however,...more
4/16/2018
/ Cloud Storage ,
Confidential Information ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Disclosure ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Former Employee ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Misappropriation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Trade Secrets
An employer’s personnel decisions do not always have to be “correct” in order to avoid liability under most federal and state anti-discrimination laws. If you decide to terminate an employee for engaging in workplace...more
Employers who operate in a multi-state environment should take note of a recent case out of the Sixth Circuit (which governs employers that operate in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.) Stone Surgical, LLC v. Stryker...more
6/5/2017
/ Appeals ,
Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Duty ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Forum Selection ,
Medical Devices ,
Misappropriation ,
Multistate Corporations ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Out-of-State Companies ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Salespersons ,
Trade Secrets