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New Minnesota Law Voids Restrictive Employment Covenants in Service Contracts, Except for Computer Professionals

Minnesota’s legislature rushed through several bills this year affecting recruiting and staffing associations and other service providers such as property management companies. One such law may, as one member of the Minnesota...more

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Louisiana Institutes New Restrictions on Noncompete Agreements for Primary Care Physicians

The Louisiana Legislature recently unanimously passed Act No. 273, which limits noncompete agreements for physicians in the state. The act requires all applicable new noncompete agreements to sunset after three years for...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Essential Agreement Considerations

When drafting agreements, there are essential terms that each party needs to consider in order to make sure that they have a well written contract that will protect their interests. A few of these considerations include the...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Washington Becomes Second State to Declare Nondisclosure and Nondisparagement Provisions Unlawful in Employment and Independent...

On March 24, 2022, Washington’s Silenced No More Act (formally known as Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1795) was signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee. As a result, Washington has become the second state to declare certain...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Avoid Broad "No Poaching" Agreements With Clients

A business’s employees are among its most valuable assets. Companies that provide professional services often run the risk that their clients may poach their employees. Think of information technology service providers,...more

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2020 Check List: Update Noncompete Agreements to Comply with New Restrictions in Washington and Revisit IP and Arbitration...

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Washington’s New Noncompetition Law – RCW Chapter 49.62 (Noncompetition Covenants). Effective January 1, 2020, a Washington State law prohibits employers from enforcing noncompetition agreements against employees earning...more

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Healthcare Records Retention Chart

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Many Providers and Provider Management Organizations are unaware they are subject to various business, employment and medical record retention laws. The chart below outlines basic record retention requirements for healthcare...more

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If You Have To Ask, The Answer Is: You Probably Have to Arbitrate

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If you're like me, you've probably already looked through the cases the United States Supreme Court is going to hear as part of its October 2018 term. If you were inclined to perform this task, you would have noticed that...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Drivers on the Go Say No to Arbitration in Wage Lawsuit - Labor & Employment Newsletter

Arbitration provisions in employment contracts are not unusual. So when GrubHub, a fast-food delivery service, was sued by drivers for violating wage laws it filed a motion to enforce the arbitration clause in its service...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Deorbiting Your Own Intellectual Property Fight

Ponder, for a moment, the following hypothetical. You develop specialized technology for in-orbit robotic satellite assembly, repair and servicing. You store the technology at a theoretically secure customer site—a NASA...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Case Studies on Labor Dispatch

“Labor dispatch” is an arrangement under which an employee is hired by an employment agent (i.e., nominal employer) and then dispatched to work for another company (i.e., actual employer). Typically, there would be (i) an...more

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