Restrictive Covenants in the First Circuit

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 […]

ROSEN, A LEADING LAW FIRM, Encourages First Excessive-College

NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHY: Rosen Regulation Agency, a worldwide investor rights legislation agency, reminds purchasers of the securities of First Excessive-College Training Group Co., Ltd. (NYSE: FHS) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration assertion and prospectus (collectively, the “Registration Assertion”) issued in reference to the Firm’s March 2021 preliminary public […]

ROSEN, A LEADING LAW FIRM, Encourages LMP Automotive

NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHY: Rosen Regulation Agency, a worldwide investor rights legislation agency, reminds purchasers of the securities of LMP Automotive Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LMPX) between June 29, 2021 and Could 19, 2022, each dates inclusive (the “Class Interval”) of the necessary July 26, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline. SO WHAT: […]

Pinkerton Tobacco v. Kretek Int’l: Defendant’s Statute of Limitations Argument Goes Up in Smoke

A Central District of California court docket not too long ago denied a defendant’s movement for abstract judgment the place the defendant argued that the plaintiff’s claims for commerce secret misappropriation had been barred by the relevant statute of limitations. The court docket decided that the statute of limitations didn’t bar the plaintiff’s declare as […]

55 US-Based Law Firms Recognized as Members of Bloomberg Law’s Third Annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Framework

Published: Jul. 17, 2023 at 9:09 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago ARLINGTON, Va., July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Bloomberg Law today announced that it has named 55 US-based law firms to its third annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Framework, the legal industry’s first and only standardized, fully transparent methodology to measure law firms’ performance. […]

Questions Remain Regarding Adequate Consideration under Illinois’ Freedom to Work Act | Seyfarth Shaw

On January 1, 2022, the latest amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (“Act”) became effective. As we previously described, that Act sets forth various requirements governing restrictive covenant agreements in Illinois. Among other things, the Act codified the so-called Fifield Rule by defining adequate consideration for enforcement of a restrictive covenant to be […]