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FTC Issues Rule to Ban Non-Competes; U.S. Chamber Threatens Lawsuit; What Do Employers Need to Know?

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued the Non-Compete Clause Rule on Tuesday, calling for a comprehensive ban on non-compete agreements nationwide. The FTC concluded that non-competes are an “unfair method of competition...more

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AI in the Workplace: Crafting Policies for Employees’ Use of Generative AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly prevalent in workplaces, providing new opportunities as well as new challenges for employers and employees. While AI has the potential to improve efficiency and...more

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AI on Campus: The 5 Things Higher Ed Needs to Consider When Crafting AI Workplace Policies

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Higher education leaders have plenty of cutting-edge legal issues to follow – affirmative action, freedom of speech, discrimination – but you are now on the front lines when it comes to the appropriate use of generative...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Post-TianRui: A Survey of Trade Secret Litigation and Extraterritoriality in the ITC

In 2011, the Federal Circuit in TianRui Grp. Co. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n affirmed the International Trade Commission’s (ITC) authority to look to extraterritorial conduct of a respondent to determine whether that respondent...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

NYSDOL Issues Guidance Regarding Employee Use of Cannabis

The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has published guidance regarding employee cannabis use. We previously reported on the amendments to New York’s off-duty conduct law—New York Labor Law Section 201-D—which now...more

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The New Reality: The Remote Workplace Is Here—Maybe Permanently!

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A recent survey conducted by the Society of Human Resource Managers revealed that one of the top employment issues businesses face today is how best to train supervisors to effectively manage a remote workforce. Close behind...more

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Trade Secret Protection With A Remote Workforce: 7 Practical Considerations for Employers

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The COVID-19 remote work era is now in its tenth month, and employees continue to work away from the physical office, without in-person supervision, and perhaps outside of the company network. During this time, many employees...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Trade Secret Hygiene for Current Employees

In the first two parts of this series on best practices in protecting trade secrets, we addressed risks raised by the arrival and departure of key employees at companies, and failed potential customer-supplier or acquisition...more

Cozen O'Connor

Do You Know What Your Employees Are Talking About In Public? How To Avoid The Inadvertent Disclosure of Your Company’s...

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Most companies take extensive steps in on-boarding a newly hired employee about the employers’ confidential information and non-disclosure policies. Often times, employers will have the new employee sign a non-disclosure...more

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Careless Employees Make Corporate Crown Jewels Most Vulnerable to Attack

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Careless employees remain the greatest threat to trade secret theft, according to the recently released Second Annual Study on the Cybersecurity Risk to Knowledge Assets co-authored by Kilpatrick Townsend and the Ponemon...more

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