Below are this weekend’s additions to “Stuck at Home Doesn’t Have to Mean Bored at Home.” Enjoy . . . Home Not Alone (with Kids) If you’re in need of some more ideas for entertaining...
On March 21, I posted, “Stuck at Home Doesn’t Have to Mean Bored at Home.” (The picture is Hugo Gernsback’s “The Isolator,” which was a device to aid in concentration when working home.)...
As we all try to (optimistically) plan for a resumed in-person world, please mark your calendars for the rescheduled AIPLA 2020 Trade Secret Law Summit. It is truly one of the premier trade secrets pr...
You can often can tell where a decision is headed just by its opening line. In Peggy Lawton Kitchens, Inc. v. Hogan (a seminal trade secret case in Massachusetts about the theft of a beloved se...
Apparently Hugo Gernsback knew this day would come. (Well, maybe not this day.) The Isolator aside, these are certainly crazy times. Whether on full lockdown working from home or something short...
Ask two lawyers for their opinion, and you’ll get three opinions. But I asked 21 lawyers and a paralegal and got only one opinion. That opinion that is set out in a letter we collectively submitte...
Before posting anything more, I wanted to take a moment to send my thoughts to all of those affected – directly and indirectly – by COVID-19. COVID-19 has had, and will continue to have, increasi...
I have updated my 50 State Noncompete Chart to add statutory references for the recent developments. Click here to get the latest version of the 50 State Noncompete Chart. (The chart is current...
The FTC conducted its first workshop on noncompetes on January 9, 2020. An opportunity for the public to submit comments remains open until March 11, which is only two weeks away. I attended the wo...
Hello all, just a quick note, we are just under a month away from the AIPLA's 2020 Trade Secret Law Summit, truly one of the premier trade secrets programs. The Summit is scheduled for Monday, Marc...
*This post was originally published by Erika Hahn and me on Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly under the title, “Consideration happens, but not during garden leave.” The 2018 Massachusetts noncompet...
New year, new laws, new issues: First, at the state level... A number of states have modified their noncompete laws last year: Florida: banned noncompetes for specialist physicians in certain...
Thursday is approaching! As mentioned in our last post on the subject, the FTC will be holding a hearing on January 9, 2020 (at 8:30 a.m. at its Headquarters Building, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,...
Happy New Year! On January 9, 2020, the FTC will be holding a hearing (at 8:30 a.m. at the FTC’s Headquarters Building, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC) “to examine whether there is...