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Texas Legislature Convenes New Regular Session

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The Texas Legislature follows a unique legislative calendar and convenes in regular session for 140 days only once every other year. This unusual schedule creates a flurry of new state laws every other year in Texas. These...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Washington’s Amended Non-Compete Law Creates New Considerations for Employers

Washington Governor Jay Inslee recently signed Senate Bill 5935 into law, amending and expanding Washington’s statute restricting the enforceability of noncompetition covenants (Revised Code of Washington 49.2). The amended...more

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Is My Arbitration Agreement Enforceable? - McGlinchey’s Commercial Law Bulletin - November 18 2022

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Ohio- Public Records Law- The State Ex Rel. Ames, Appellant, v. Baker, Dublikar, Beck, Wiley & Mathews et al., Slip Op. 2022-Ohio-3990. In this mandamus action to the Ohio Supreme Court, the Court found that Ohio’s...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New York is Pro-Choice on Forum Selection Clauses

In Somerset Fine Home Building, Inc. v. Simplex Industries, Inc., the Appellate Division of the Second Department in New York upheld a dismissal based on the plaintiff’s breach of the parties’ forum selection clause. Somerset...more

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Top Developments And Headlines In Trade Secret, Computer Fraud, And Non-Compete Law In 2017 And What We Expect In 2018

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Continuing our annual tradition, we present the top developments and headlines for 2017 and what we expect in 2018 in trade secret, computer fraud, and non-compete law....more

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New Jersey Adopts Series of Changes for Corporations

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The state of New Jersey recently amended its corporate laws under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act (NJBCA) in an effort to provide clarity for companies incorporated within the state. The changes closely align with...more

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Top Developments/Headlines in Trade Secret, Computer Fraud, and Non-Compete Law in 2017

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Continuing our annual tradition, we present the top developments/headlines for 2017/2018 in trade secret, computer fraud, and non-compete law....more

Carlton Fields

Ninth Circuit Finds Arbitration Clause Showed Clear And Unmistakable Intent To Resolve Arbitrability Questions By Arbitration

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Finding Montana law was inapplicable to the subject insurance policy under both federal maritime choice-of-law principles and the policy language, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that an arbitration clause was...more

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New Year, New Laws: What California Employers Need to Know for 2017

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Once again California will ring in the New Year with a number of new laws affecting employers and employees in the Golden State. Much of this new legislation clarifies existing laws to provide guidance to employers or grant...more

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2016 California Labor and Employment Legislation Update: It’s Final!

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers in California: be aware and prepare for new laws increasing minimum wages and mandating overtime pay for agricultural employees; expanding the California Fair Pay Act to race and ethnicity and to...more

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