by Jean Marc Favreau | Jun 15, 2017 | Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
CNN reports that the conservative media outlet Independent Journal Review (“IRJ”) is asking employees to sign non-compete agreements. The restrictive covenants bar journalists and other employees from working in any capacity for any other media...
by Mark Gisler | Jun 5, 2017 | Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
A recent Non-Compete Article in the New York Times highlights a growing danger for American workers: restrictive covenants like non-compete and non-solicitation provisions. These “non-competes” as they are known in labor/employment law parlance have trickled down to...
by Mark Gisler | Aug 24, 2016 | Employment Law, Physician Employment Issues, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
Two states in the northeast, Connecticut and Rhode Island, have recently joined other states in passing legislation limiting the use of non-competition provisions in physician employment agreements. The National Law Review provides a good summary of both new laws....
by Mark Gisler | Jun 15, 2016 | Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
The Wall Street Journal today reported on two cases of employers in two different states (New York and Illinois) who are being investigated for illegal/unfair conduct because they required their junior/entry-level employees to sign non-competition clauses in their...
by Mark Gisler | Nov 22, 2016 | Employment Law, Misc, Physician Employment Issues
Lucky you! You’ve just finished your residency and are considering various “real” job offers with hospitals and practice groups. Finally, a chance to be a full-fledged physician with a good salary and benefits and a chance to start to pay off your student loans. Among...
by Mark Gisler | Sep 26, 2016 | Athletes' Unions, Cycling, Labor Law
This fantastic piece by American professional cyclist Larry Warbasse raises some interesting issues that make it good fodder for our firm’s labor/employment law blog. To briefly recap the bike race situation: the La Vuelta a España’s is a revered 21-stage “grand tour”...
by Jean Marc Favreau | Nov 4, 2015 | Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
Given how frequently our clients have questions concerning restrictive covenants, we’ve devoted several past blog posts to issues related to non-competes and similar employment agreement provisions. Often, individuals entering into employment agreements...
by Michael Gan | Oct 14, 2014 | Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
I’ve probably gobbled up 800 inches (67 feet) of Jimmy John’s turkey subs in the last five years (that’s 100 sandwiches). But no more. Sometimes a company’s employment practices will cause me to say, “no thank you.” After reading Neil Irwin’s piece in today’s New...
by Mark Gisler | Apr 23, 2013 | Employment Law, Physician Employment Issues, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
Covenants forbidding competition with a physician’s former employer and restricting the solicitation of patients have become commonplace in physician employment agreements. These days, such provisions appear in all sorts of employment contracts, including those of...
by kpstraus | Apr 5, 2011
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