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[Webinar] California Arbitration Agreements: Clarity Amid Complexity - May 23rd, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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Arbitration agreements are useful tools for California employers, but they are replete with potential dangers. An employer contemplating using arbitration in the workplace must evaluate whether it should be mandatory, the...more

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Ontario, Canada Appeal Court Finds Independent Contractors Have Duty to Mitigate Damages When Fixed-Term Contract is Terminated...

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In Monterosso v. Metro Freightliner Hamilton Inc., 2023 ONCA 413, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) found that independent contractors have a duty to mitigate their damages upon the early termination of a fixed-term agreement...more

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New Jersey Appellate Division Declares Nondisparagement Provisions Valid Under State Law

In a decision that may be useful to employers drafting severance and litigation settlement agreements in New Jersey, a panel of the New Jersey Appellate Division found that provisions requiring parties not to disparage one...more

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Ontario, Canada Court Concludes Secondment Agreement Was Not a Fixed-term Employment Agreement

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In Nader v. University Health Network, 2022 ONSC 447, the court examined the language of a secondment agreement and concluded that the plaintiff-employee was not a fixed-term employee of the organization to which he was...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 30th Annual Employment Practices Liability Insurance Conference - January 25th - 26th, New York, NY

ACI’s Forum on Employment Practices Liability Insurance is returning to New York City on January 25 – 26, 2022! IN-PERSON and LIVESTREAM options available. This annual conference is the one-stop, must-attend meeting place...more

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Ontario, Canada: Court of Appeal Upholds Dismissed Employee’s Right to Damages for Value of Incentives That Would Have Vested...

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Whether a wrongfully dismissed employee is entitled to damages as compensation for the value of incentives that would have vested during the reasonable notice period is frequently litigated in Canada....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Never Too Late to Arbitrate? Tips on Getting Your Agreement On

Do your employees sign arbitration agreements? If so, do your arbitration agreements prevent employees from joining class actions against your company? Does your company want to start requiring arbitration agreements? If...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Does a Requirement to Pay “Target Variable Compensation” Include Equity Awards?

In Batty v. UCAR International Inc. et al the Delaware Court of Chancery considered the terms of a severance agreement. The agreement, which was entered into in 2000, set the compensation that plaintiff Batty, who was...more

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Overbroad Geographic Restriction Dooms Covenant Not to Compete

Texas law allows for the enforcement of covenants not to compete that impose reasonable restrictions on competition. Texas courts frequently enforce geographic and other restrictions on a former employee’s ability to compete...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Ironically, a General Release Needs to Be Specific to Apply to Wage Act Claims

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Often, when settling a dispute, I include a general release that goes something like this...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Courts Will Not Sever Defective Termination Provisions

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North v Metaswitch Networks Corporation, 2017 ONCA 790 [Metaswitch] is the latest in a series of employee-friendly appellate level decisions where a contractual termination provision is not enforced. The Ontario Court of...more

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