Law Firm Resources & News

There is a great article on the front page of yesterday’s (August 9) Wall Street Journal. The article described how a young tailor, who previously worked at one of London, England’s Savile Row tailor shops, had left his previous employer and started his own competitive business making fine men’s suits. The tailor, Matthew Farnes, now…

Our last blog post discussed whether your employer can monitor your emails at work. The answer was a “YES.” Need more confirmation about the perils of using your office email account to start that “new business” or join a “competitor?” A suit filed by Performance Food Group Co., LLC, a food-service distributor, alleges that a…

Friends. Romans. Employees. Lend me your ears. You do not have a right to privacy (for the most part) on your work computer. And your employer is getting advice like this from employment lawyers, telling them to read your emails: Delaware Employment Lawyers recommend employees “monitor” employee emails. “And, by “monitor,” I actually mean monitor—not…

So we have long had non-compete agreements.And non-solicitation agreements. And now we are beginning an age where possibly we need non-social media agreements? An Employment lawyer who represents Employers, John Phillips, writes the following advice to his clients on his blog The Word on Employment Law: For the future, employers should include social networking as…

This report comes to our readers from Chicago. CRC Insurance Services, Inc, describes itself as one of the leading wholesale insurance brokers in the nation, with 29 offices across the country. CRC is suing many of its former employees and Ryan Specialty Group, Inc., (also an insurance broker), for violations of its non-compete agreements. A…

Now, I know you think I am being an old hag. But seriously. Stop using your work computer for the following searches: Google – “How to leave my company and not breach my non-compete”Google – “How to poach clients”Google – “Is it illegal to poach clients”Google – “Virginia law on non-competes”Google – “Do I have…

Even the big boys get their panties in a bind over non-compete agreements! St. Jude Medical Inc. has sued a former member of its innermost executive circle, alleging that he violated a noncompete agreement when he accepted a job with crosstown rival Medtronic Inc. In a complaint filed in Minnesota medical device maker St. Jude…