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Hong Kong Court Clarifies the Application of Implied Terms in Employment Contracts

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The recent case of Yang Zhizhong v. Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited helpfully clarifies the applicability of Implied Term of Trust and Confidence, the Braganza duty and the Anti-avoidance Term in the context of...more

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Unpacking the (Un)Reasonableness of Non-Compete Provisions

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New York law generally does not favor non-compete agreements, viewing them as unreasonable restraint of trade. As a result, New York courts apply a rigorous standard when deciding whether to enforce these restrictive...more

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Preemption Questions Continue as FTC and NLRB Fight Restrictive Covenants

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As federal administrative agencies wade further into rulemaking and adjudicative efforts to outlaw noncompetes and restrictive covenants, defendants are beginning to raise preemption arguments in response to state court...more

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Can employers monitor their employees’ social media posts?

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Increasingly, employers are being made aware of employee misconduct that is evidenced by photos, videos or other social media posts. What are employers allowed to do when it comes to their employees' posts, what are the...more

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Business Court Holds that Employees’ Continued Work for Reduced Salaries Waived Claims for Breach of Employment Contracts

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In Gallaher, et al. v. Ciszek, et al., 2022 NCBC 67, Chief Business Court Judge Louis A. Bledsoe, III, recently held that three neonatologists who continued to work after their employer unilaterally reduced their...more

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Georgia Courts Cannot Toll Duration of Noncompete Agreement, Even Against Willful Violator

Since the passage of the Georgia Restrictive Covenants Act (O.C.G.A. § 13-8-50 et seq.) in May 2011, there has been some level of uncertainty regarding the extent to which a court may “blue pencil” or modify an otherwise...more

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Employment News: constructive dismissal, worker status

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Too little, too late - employer could not cure fundamental breach - If an employer commits a repudiatory breach of contract, an employee is entitled to accept the breach by resigning. They can then claim unfair constructive...more

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Ontario, Canada Court Reminds Employers it is Important to Adhere to Their Contracts’ Termination Provisions

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In Perretta v. Rand A Technology Corporation, 2021 ONSC 2111, Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice ordered an employer to pay an employee damages for reasonable notice at common law when it decided the employer repudiated its...more

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Ontario, Canada Court Finds Employee Repudiated Her Employment Contract When She Refused to Work Unless New Conditions Were Met

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In Anderson v Total Instant Lawns Ltd, 2021 ONSC 2933 (Total Instant Lawns), an employee claimed her job was terminated and sought damages for wrongful dismissal.  The employer denied the employee was dismissed and argued...more

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Ontario, Canada Court Reminds Employers that Improperly Drafted Restrictive Covenants are Unenforceable

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In Labrador Recycling Inc. v. Folino, 2021 ONSC 2195 (Labrador Recycling), Ontario’s Superior Court denied an employer’s motion for an urgent injunction to restrain its former employee from competing with it contrary to the...more

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South Carolina Professor Loses Breach of Employment Contract Case

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A tenured professor at Erskine College in Due West claimed the institution breached its employment contract with him as set forth in the faculty manual. The trial court overruled the jury verdict in the professor’s favor, but...more

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Ontario, Canada Court Confirms Employers that Revoke Accepted Employment Offers May be Liable for Damages

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In Kim v. BT Express Freight Systems (2020), 317 A.C.W.S. (3d) 255, Ontario’s Superior Court confirmed that an employer may be liable for damages if it withdraws an accepted offer of employment or terminates employment...more

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Restrictive Covenants in Employment Contracts - Employer Liability

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A recent Court of Appeal case, Allen t/a David Allen Chartered Accountants v Pollock and Anr [2020] EWCA Civ 258, has considered the liability that can arise where one business poaches an employee from a rival business, in...more

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Restrictive Covenants in the Time of Coronavirus

The spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to changes regarding many legal issues. Despite the changes, companies still need to protect confidential information, goodwill, customer relationships, and...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Avoid Buyer’s Remorse Over EPLI Coverage

Many employers purchase Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) to insure against loss as a result of employment claims. However, employers who do not carefully read their policies could be surprised by what is (or is...more

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Third Circuit Affirms Arbitration Award for Employee’s Breach of Employment Agreement

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Melody Shan was employed by Sabre GLBL. Shan entered into an employment agreement with Sabre, which prohibited Shan from disclosing confidential information and competing with Sabre for its employees, contractors, and...more

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Non-Compete News: Is a Non-Solicitation of Employees Provision Enforceable in California?

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Last month, California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal issued AMN Healthcare, Inc. v. Aya Healthcare Servs., Inc., 28 Cal. App. 5th 923 (Cal. Ct. App. 2018), a decision calling into question the validity of non-solicitation...more

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Seventh Circuit Joins Five Other Circuits, Holds Availability Of Class Or Collective Arbitration Is A Gateway Issue Of...

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A former employee of Waterstone Mortgage Corporation filed a class action against Waterstone in Wisconsin federal court in 2011 alleging wage violations and breach of contract. ...more

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New Massachusetts Noncompetition Act: What Employers Need To Know

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Massachusetts recently enacted a new statute that significantly changes the treatment of noncompetition agreements under Massachusetts law. The Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (the “Act”) is effective October 1,...more

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Provides Guidance to Private Universities on Faculty Discipline and Academic Freedom

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Many private colleges and universities have faculty handbooks and/or collective bargaining agreements that, among other things, establish internal disciplinary procedures and make promises to faculty about academic freedom....more

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Is Employee Out of Commission? Not So Fast, Says Appellate Court

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When an employer changes its contract with an employee, the change should be communicated clearly—and preferably, in writing. Otherwise, the employer may be at risk of finding that the old terms still control. For example,...more

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Central District Of California Finds No ERISA Preemption Where Determination Of Benefits At Termination Is Non-Discretionary

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Claims for benefits at termination may proceed as a breach of contract claim in state court, and avoid ERISA preemption, where the calculations are individualized, straightforward and do not implicate an...more

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Tennessee Court of Appeals Finds that Former Employee Breached Non-Compete Agreement Through Actions of His Subordinates

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In November 2017, the Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld a Nashville trial court’s determination that a former employee violated his noncompete agreement by managing employees who solicited competing business in the restricted...more

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Oral Contract Upheld in California Despite Offer Letter Purporting to Supersede It

Does an employment offer letter that expressly supersedes any oral statements on the part of supervisors concerning conditions of employment preclude verbal wage promises made after the employee is hired? Chen v. M&C Hotel...more

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Choice-of-Law and Choice-of-Forum May Depend on the Choice of Where to File and When: Multi-State Employers Continue to Face...

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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

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