My articles usually analyze a particular case and the impact of the court's decision on the relationship between employers and employees. With the release of a number of decisions addressing employment at will earlier this...more
Two years ago, we wrote about a noncompete decision in which a special referee found a business seller had breached a sales agreement by violating both a noncompete covenant and an exclusive sales provision contained in the...more
10/23/2018
/ Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Breach of Contract ,
Buyers ,
Damages ,
Exclusivity Clauses ,
Lost Profits ,
Manufacturers ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Petition for Review ,
Popular ,
Public Policy ,
Purchase Agreement ,
Referees ,
Request for Proposals ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Reversal ,
SC Supreme Court ,
Sellers ,
Selling a Business ,
Service Contracts ,
Terms and Conditions
At-will employment is the normal employer-employee relationship in South Carolina. In 2004, the state legislature passed a law stating that handbooks that took certain reasonable steps did not create a contractual exception...more
4/24/2018
/ Appeals ,
At-Will Employment ,
Building Codes ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Permits ,
Directed Verdicts ,
Former Employee ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Medical Leave ,
Public Policy ,
Public Safety ,
Retaliation ,
SC Supreme Court ,
Stop Work Orders ,
Wrongful Termination
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