JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Many employees continue to access information from their employers after separation and almost ¾ of employers report that they’ve been negatively impacted by an employee breaching their digital security. Employee separation commonly involves investigations, litigation, and eDiscovery. By: Association of Certified E-Discovery

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

New York state recently amended Labor Law Section 203-f, codifying a hurdle for employers who seek to claim ownership over an employee's inventions. First, the law narrows what is permissible in agreements and contracts between employers and employees (e.g.

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Trading Secrets

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Under this law, employment agreements can no longer include provisions that assign, or provide that an employee offer to assign, any of their rights in an invention if the employee developed the invention on their own time and without the use of their employer’s resources and trade secrets. What Does this Mean for Employers?

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A recently enacted New York State law that took effect immediately restricts employers’ use of employment agreements which require that employees assign to their employer rights to inventions that were created by the employee on his/her own time and without the use of the employer’s resources.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The recent lawsuit filed by the New York Knicks against a former employee, the Toronto Raptors’ parent organization, and the Raptors’ head coach, could be a harbinger of a rise in employment and trade secret litigation in sports.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is deepening its bench in the Lone Star State with the addition of its latest partner in Dallas, the former chair of Baker Botts' labor and employment practice.

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Nelligan Law

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The Ontario government has introduced the Working for Workers Act, 2022 , which included changes requiring employers with 25 or more employees to have an explicit written policy on the electronic monitoring of employees in place. Employers’ Compliance with the New Requirements. What Must be Included in the Written Policy.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Medieval Times has launched an unusual lawsuit alleging its trademark is being infringed by a union that represents its workers at a New Jersey location, but trademark and labor law experts are skeptical that the effort will be successful or copied by other employers.

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Nelligan Law

APRIL 29, 2022

In the employment context, contract frustration usually occurs when an employee has been on leave due to a prolonged illness or disability. When contract frustration occurs, the employer and employee are relieved from further performance of the contract. After five (5) months of lay-off, the employer terminated the Plaintiff, Ms.

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Stock Legal Blog

JULY 6, 2021

By now, we all know the Covid-19 pandemic raised many challenges for both employees and employers. Many employers struggled keeping their employees on the payroll amid government ordered shutdowns. Those that were able to hang on to their employees during these tough times are eligible for tax credits.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 12, 2023

These typically provide that all employee inventions created during the employee’s employment are assigned to or owned by the company. Most employee confidentiality and similar agreements contain an assignment of invention provision.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The law requires employers (with 15+ employees) to provide such individuals with a “reasonable accommodation” (or more than one) if doing so does not impose an undue burden on the employer. But how does an employer know that a disabled employee needs a reasonable accommodation if the disability is not visible?

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Under this law, employment agreements can no longer include provisions that assign, or provide that an employee offer to assign, any of their rights in an invention if the employee developed the invention on their own time and without the use of their employer’s resources and.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2022

employment. Direct employment accounted for 47.2 employment. Indirect employment, which includes jobs created in other industries that depend at least partially on final sales in IP-intensive industries, accounted for an additional 11% of U.S. employment. million jobs in 2019, or 33% of total U.S.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Under this law, employment agreements can no longer include provisions that assign, or provide that an employee offer to assign, any of their rights in an invention if the employee developed the invention on their own time and without the use of their employer’s resources and trade secrets. What Does this Mean for Employers?

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Patently-O

MARCH 7, 2022

Negligence : “When an employer requires an employee to submit their sensitive personal information, the employee … has a reasonable expectation that the employer will take reasonable care not to place their personal data at unnecessary risk of exposure.” Plaintiffs failed to allege such an act.

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Nelligan Law

MAY 2, 2022

One of the most interesting changes to the law is the creation of a new employment standard aimed at ensuring employees are informed of electronic surveillance in the workplace. 1 of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 with provisions dedicated to this issue. Bill 88 creates a new Part XI.1

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Here are the key takeaways from the webinar: Nationwide employers are strongly recommended to review their restrictive covenant agreements. This essential webinar provides exclusive insights from our 2023-2024 edition of the 50-State Desktop Reference.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In our prior posts, we discussed the two issues that should be at the forefront of any branding strategy: In this post, we briefly discuss how cannabis businesses can implement employment agreements to further protect their intellectual property. By: Dickinson Wright

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 15, 2023

As per ILO Child Labour is the employment of children below the age of 18 which interferes with their mental and physical development and deprives them of their childhood. India has also enacted the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016 which prohibits employment of children who have not attained the age of 14.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 27, 2023

However, recent state law and regulatory developments and NLRB decisions have created a complex web of considerations that employers must navigate when drafting and enforcing these agreements.

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IP.com

JANUARY 3, 2022

3 Recent Employer vs Employee Disputes appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics. When Spotify’s year-in-review feature, Spotify Wrapped, launched in late 2021, our friends’ and families’ most-listened-to songs appeared in our social media feeds alongside a viral article titled, “The Intern Who. The post Who Owns IP?

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Meagan Bainbridge and Lukas Clary review some of the potential intellectual property and privacy concerns that can come about when employees use AI for work purposes in this episode of California Employment News. By: Weintraub Tobin

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IP Law 360

JUNE 21, 2023

With Minnesota’s sweeping ban on noncompete agreements set to begin July 1, employers must immediately implement new strategies to protect their invaluable intellectual property, customer relationships and investment in employee training, say attorneys at Littler Mendelson.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

On September 15, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law that made dramatic changes to the enforceability of invention assignment provisions in employment agreements and likely in related agreements including offer letters and Confidentiality, Information and Invention Assignment Agreements (CIIAAs).

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Here are the key takeaways from the webinar: Nationwide employers are strongly recommended to review their restrictive covenant agreements. This essential webinar provides exclusive insights from our 2023-2024 edition of the 50-State Desktop Reference.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 31, 2023

Their discussion covers a string of recent cases involving the pursuit of employers across the health care industry (and others) for labor-related antitrust violations. Kristine also provides insight on how businesses can protect their investments in personnel, while successfully mitigating the threat of criminal prosecution.

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Trading Secrets

AUGUST 9, 2022

The new law, which passed earlier this year, continues Colorado’s trend toward increased scrutiny of post-employment restrictions and adds Colorado to the growing list of states that restrict the use of out-of-state choice of law and forum provisions in agreements that contain such restrictions. Herman , 2019 COA 113, ¶ 20, 457 P.3d

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 27, 2023

However, recent state law and regulatory developments and NLRB decisions have created a complex web of considerations that employers must navigate when drafting and enforcing these agreements.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 5, 2023

Earlier today, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a proposed rule which would ban all non-compete agreements between employers and “workers” (broadly defined to include employees, independent contractors, interns, and others). If adopted, the proposed rule will bar both prospective and existing non-compete agreements.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 5, 2023

Earlier today, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a proposed rule which would ban all non-compete agreements between employers and “workers” (broadly defined to include employees, independent contractors, interns, and others). If adopted, the proposed rule will bar both prospective and existing non-compete agreements.

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Reading Time: < 1 minutes National Capital Region’s Top Employers We are thrilled to announce that Nelligan Law has been recognized as one of the National Capital Region’s Top Employers for 2023! The post Nelligan Law named a Top 100 National Capital Region Employer appeared first on Nelligan Law.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 31, 2023

The New York Knicks just sued their former employee and his new employer, the Toronto Raptors, in a case that can teach employers a lot about trade secret misappropriation.

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Trading Secrets

MARCH 24, 2022

Any employer who has employees in Louisiana is likely aware of that (or should be). But the Fifth Circuit, in anticipating how Louisiana would treat the issue, does not think that eventually offering the individual employment is sufficient, not where the agreement is signed before that offer is made or employment begun.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 6, 2023

independent contractor status when there is a written contract. independent contractor status when there is a written contract.

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Trading Secrets

AUGUST 9, 2022

The new law, which passed earlier this year, continues Colorado’s trend toward increased scrutiny of post-employment restrictions and adds Colorado to the growing list of states that restrict the use of out-of-state choice of law and forum provisions in agreements that contain such restrictions. Herman , 2019 COA 113, ¶ 20, 457 P.3d

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

The litigants are an employer and former employee. The employer sent takedown notices to the hosting service for those works, claiming the works were prepared within the scope of employment and thus works-for-hire. Now the employee is suing over the employer’s allegedly wrongful assertion of ownership.

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