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Cranfill Sumner LLP

Common but Tricky Employee-Focused Issues in Written Employment Agreements

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Not every employee is asked to sign a written employment agreement. Most, in fact, are not. But for the (relative) few who will sign a written agreement of employment, here is a look at three tricky and often overlooked...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

National Survey on Restrictive Covenants - Updated 2023

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As many know, restrictive covenant law is in a constant state of flux and varies considerably from state to state. Moreover, restrictive covenant law changes frequently and often requires a fact-specific analysis. Over the...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Demise of the Restricted Covenant?

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Recent amendments to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (Ontario) and the Competition Act (Canada) may be sounding the death knell for certain restricted covenants in Ontario—both non-competition covenants given by employees,...more

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Disloyal Employees: Disgorgement Offers Employers Some Reprieve

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In many states, employees owe a duty of loyalty to their employer as long as they remain on the employer’s payroll. In other words, employees must generally act in the best interests of their employer—and not solely for their...more

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Why Ontario Employers Should Review Employment Contracts Now

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Key Highlights - - Employers likely need to update terms in employment contracts on termination provisions, restrictive covenants and arbitration clauses. - Five practical tips for Ontario employers as they review and...more

Dentons

HR Quick Take: Sharing Company Secrets

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Q: We have a recently terminated employee who has been posting a lot of social media messages indicating she is going to reveal “secrets” about the company.  She worked in an area that was highly confidential with employee...more

Bennett Jones LLP

New Guidance on Ontario's Disconnect from Work Policy and Ban on Non-Competes

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As we discussed in our previous blog, Ontario Bill 27: Working for Workers Act, 2021 is Now the Law, the Ontario government amended the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the ESA) on December 2, 2021 to include a prohibition on...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Misdemeanor Enforcement of Colorado’s Non-Compete Statute

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Colorado’s laws governing non-compete agreements between employers and employees can be complex—particularly those involving physicians. In SB 21-271, the Colorado General Assembly added another layer of potential complexity...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Associate Employment Agreements: Protect Yourself & Your Practice—Roots Of Wisdom

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It doesn’t matter whether you own your own practice, are selling your practice and staying on, or are beginning your career at a new practice: setting the terms of your employment, or of an associate’s employment, is...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Employers with Illinois Employees: Revise Form Noncompete and Nonsolicitation Provisions Before January 1, 2022

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Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed into law Public Act 102-0358 (“Act”), which dramatically reforms the law in Illinois governing both noncompete and nonsolicit provisions. The Act is not retroactive, and goes into effect...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Illinois Enacts Restrictions on the Use of Non-Compete Agreements: What Employers Need to Know

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KEY POINTS - - Effective January 1, 2022, employers will need to comply with significant new amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (the Act), a previously narrow statute restricting the use of non-competes with...more

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