These are troubling times. Every person and every business in America will be affected. Retailers, restaurants, bars, movie theaters, etc., will be firing, furloughing, and/or laying off hundreds of thousand employees…many of whom have employment contracts which prevent them from working for a competitor. Virginia courts will enforce reasonable non-compete and non-solicitation contracts and they
Right to Work
I have heard it my whole life – “Virginia is open for Business!“ As the daughter of a business owner, as a child I was proud of the moniker. As an attorney who now (a) owns a business and (b) primarily represents employees in business disputes, I have a new take on the open for
Yet again, a smart professional person hired me, and asked the following question: I know I signed an employment contract that says I can’t serve my clients for three years after termination, but the law says I have a right to work doesn’t it? So how can my employer enforce that agreement – it’s against
Is this a true statement? Not in Virginia. Maybe half of the statement is correct. You can quit you job. However, you cannot always go find a better job in your same industry or locale. Why? Because of that one page document you signed 5 years ago (along with health insurance forms and who to
The New York Times recently published an editorial on non-compete agreements titled, “Agreements That Lock Up Workers, Legally.” You can read the editorial here. The editorial lays out why unfair non-compete agreements make our country less competitive and less innovative but the most striking information for me is that 28 million people are now subject
This month I read a summary of accolades for my home – the Commonwealth of Virginia. Best State for Business (6/50) – Forbes Magazine Top State Business Climate (6/50) Top State for Business (13/50) – CNBC What does all this mean? Well practically speaking, what is a good business climate is – cheap workers, low
There is nothing on Virginia’s ballot this November that relates to non-compete agreements. My efforts have not been that successful. Nor is there a law likely to pass in the Virginia General Assembly this Winter that in any way impacts restrictive covenants in Virginia employment agreements. Right now, the law in Virginia is basically –
Hey friends – Want to get sued when you leave your job? No? I’m shocked. If you don’t want to get sued, or receive a certified letter with lots of big legal words like Cease / Desist / Notwithstanding / and Aforementioned, where threats of a lawsuit are clearly printed on the page, take a few
Have you noticed the poster in your office that says you live and work in a Right to Work state? What does that mean? It is a topic I write on often. In the last few years I have written on the topic no less than five times (complete list and link to these articles
Over the last nine years, we have represented hundreds (yes, I think I can say that fairly) of individuals that serve as a contractor to some governmental agency. No, they are no employees of DOD, or DHS, or the FDA, they are hired by third parties to staff projects, or work for these agencies. And,