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At-Will Employment Pre-Employment Agreements

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Key Employment Issues for Founders

Do you have an employment agreement? Should you have an employment agreement? We are often asked whether founders need written employment agreements with their companies. Every company's culture is different. Often founders...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Conditioning Payment on Continued Employment: Texas Supreme Court Rules Company Owed Fired Executive Commissions

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Predictability and fairness are typical pillars of employment law. Where predictability allows both employers and workers to understand and navigate the rules and regulations that are applicable to them, fairness provides a...more

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High drama at the Rag-O-Rama: Court addresses poorly-worded employment agreement

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Employees are presumptively deemed to be “at-will” in virtually every state. Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (which oversees federal courts in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee)...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Enforcing Non-Compete Agreements Can Create Employer Obligations

In Mancuso v. L’Oreal, the court reminded employers who use non-compete agreements that those agreements, and the employer’s communications with the departing employee, may create enforceable employer obligations,...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

NGE On Demand: "What do Foreign-based Employers Need to Know About U.S. Employment Law?" with Sonya Rosenberg

NGE Labor & Employment partner Sonya Rosenberg discusses three key factors foreign-based employers should know about U.S Employment law: at-will employment, infrastructure, and restrictive covenants. If you have any...more

Cozen O'Connor

NYC Council Considers Legislation to End At-Will Employment in the Fast Food Industry

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The New York City Council has proposed additional legislation that would have a major impact on businesses falling within the broad definition of “fast food establishments” and has scheduled a hearing on the bills for...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Conversion to At-Will Status Does Not Void Restrictive Covenant, PA Court Holds

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Non-solicitation covenants contained in two expired employment agreements were still in effect even after the employees in question were converted to "at-will" status and later terminated, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has...more

Butler Snow LLP

Sixth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Fraud and Contract Claims Against Employer Sponsoring Green Card Application for Employee

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In an interesting case situated at the intersection of immigration and contract law, the Sixth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s dismissal of claims against Dow Corning Corporation stemming from its sponsoring an...more

Carlton Fields

Fifth Circuit Affirms Order Compelling Arbitration Against Non-Signatories Based On “Intertwined Claims” Estoppel

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A physician sued several healthcare entities for wrongful termination of employment, negligence, breach of contract, and tortious interference with at-will employment. While two of the defendants were signatories to...more

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Attorney General Madigan Sues Jimmy John’s over Non-Compete Agreements

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On Wednesday, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed suit against fast-food franchisor Jimmy John’s and several Jimmy John’s franchisees operating in Illinois claiming that Jimmy John’s and its franchises unlawfully...more

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