To continue our series on trade secret employee contract clauses, we’ve surveyed the First Circuit for updates to the law relating to restrictive covenants. Such covenants remain predominantly governed by statutes in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, while Puerto Rico continues to govern them by common law. And with no significant updates since 2020, restrictive covenants remain disfavored and under increased scrutiny in the First Circuit. Generally, these courts will only enforce noncompete agreements that are reasonable, no broader than necessary to protect an employer’s legitimate business interests, properly noticed, and in line with public policy. The applicable…
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Andrew ZinnFor this special edition of “How I Get It Done,” we’re asking successful women about how they’re making their return to the “office” as new moms work for them.
“I’m a killer — I’ll always be a killer,” says L. Ashley Aull, who goes by Ashley, upon her return to him law firm after the birth of her second child. “And it’s time for me to get back on the battlefield.” The trial attorney in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson has been repeating this mantra to herself as she…
The Saskatchewan First Act was borne out of meetings and consultations, but its a lack of consultation with Indigenous communities that has the act destined for a courtroom.
On Thursday, Saskatchewan Party government members voted unanimously to pass the act, known as Bill 88.
The government has said the bill is meant to assert provincial jurisdiction and prevent federal government intrusion.
Usually, bills pass with little fanfare outside of cheers and the sound of hands slapping desks on the governing party’s side of the aisle.
That happened on Thursday, but it was the presence of a great opposition in the…
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announced an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCSI) resulting from allegations that Consensus Cloud Solutions may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Consensus Cloud Solutions securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action,…
Attorneys at the law firm behind dozens of multimillion-dollar payouts in Chicago police misconduct cases have a message for the city’s next mayor: Put us out of business.
At a press conference outside City Hall on Tuesday, lawyers from the Loevy & Loevy law firm announced eight new lawsuits filed this week against the city by men who allege they were framed by former CPD Det. Reynaldo Guevara, whose alleged misconduct during the 1990s working out of CPD’s Area 5 station has led to the exoneration of 39 defendants.
The city has also paid out $76 million in settlements, judgments…
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” star Jinkx Monsoon doubled down on her denouncement of the Republican-led legislative push to restrict drag performances, in an interview that aired Friday on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle.”
“What I want to say to the people trying to oppress my community right now, is look what’s happened every time you’ve tried to oppress a community in America,” Monsoon told Ruhle. “You tried to oppress women, women got the vote. You tried to oppress people of color, we’re not accepting that anymore.”
She added, “We’re not accepting that some citizens just have to sit on…
DoNotPay CEO Joshua Browder says claims have ‘no merit’An AI-powered ‘robot lawyer’ that helps consumers fight parking tickets and other charges is facing a lawsuit over claims that don’t have the correct legal standing to practice law.
Filed earlier this month in the San Francisco County Superior Court, the claim alleges DoNotPay is “not actually a robot”, “does not have a law degree” and is “not barred in any jurisdiction”.
The action is being brought by US law firm Edelson on behalf of Jonathan Faridian, who claims he used the app to draft various legal documents including a small…
Drew Findling, a Georgia-based criminal defense attorney representing former President Donald Trump, made a rare television appearance on MSNBC on Tuesday.
In short, it didn’t go well for Findling. But it went just as expected (assuming you’ve been reading The ReidOut Blog).
I’ll explain.
Finding appeared on “The Beat with Ari Melber” on Tuesday to discuss the criminal probe into Trump’s pressure campaign to overturn Georgia’s results in the 2020 presidential election. Findings recently filed a motion arguing that any result of the impeached grand jury should be tossed out and that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be…