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Employers gain new weapon to protect their trade secrets

05/27/2016
President Obama last month signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act.

Ensure new employees aren’t bound by noncompetes

05/27/2016

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has said that a former employer may re­­ceive an injunction against a former em­­ployee who works for a competitor when the employee had signed a clear but limited agreement not to compete.

Don’t let simplest error derail arbitration: Make sure agreement was signed

05/27/2016
California employers who want to bind their workers to arbitration have to jump through a number of hoops. For one thing, you need to produce an agreement signed by the employee.

Employee quits, then emails docs to herself? That’s not theft, but may be something more

05/13/2016
A federal court has rejected an employer’s claim that by emailing a series of documents to herself before quitting, a former employee committed theft.

Making employee a ‘corporation’ doesn’t make her an independent contractor

05/09/2016
A court has dismissed a company’s assertion that a former employee now working and being paid as a corporation means the employee was no longer an employee.

Predictable scheduling picks up steam

04/26/2016
State attorneys general want to know what major retailers are doing to make their employees’ work lives more predictable.

Immigration status doesn’t make arbitration invalid

04/22/2016
A federal judge has ordered a case to arbitration despite an employee’s argument that it was invalid partly because of his status as an undocumented worker.

Court decides to modify parts of arbitration agreement instead of throwing it all out

04/22/2016
A federal court has stricken unconscionable parts of an arbitration agreement and ordered arbitration of the remaining parts.

Take prudent steps to protect trade secrets

04/13/2016
In most states, employers can prohibit current and former employees from sharing trade secrets. But, for something to become a trade secret, it must be treated as confidential in the first place.

Proposed regs issued for fed contractors’ paid sick leave

04/08/2016
Last fall, President Obama signed Executive Order 13706, requiring most large federal contractors and subcontractors to provide at least seven paid sick days per year to employees working on federal contracts.