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To Work or Not to Work – Maryland’s Senate Considers Changes To Non-Compete Law for Those on Unemployment

By Scott A. Schaefers on January 17th, 2013 Posted in Legislation, Non-Compete Enforceability, Practice & Procedure, Restrictive Covenants

On January 9th, the Maryland Senate introduced a bill which if passed would invalidate employee “noncompetition covenants” for former workers who applied for and obtained unemployment benefits. Senate Bill 51 is sponsored by Senator Ronald N. Young, Democrat, who just began his third year in the Maryland Senate. If enacted, the bill will take effect… Continue Reading

Proposed Social Media Legislation On California Governor’s Desk

By Jessica Mendelson on September 26th, 2012 Posted in Legislation, Practice & Procedure, Trade Secrets

By Jessica Mendelson and Grace Chuchla On September 12, 2012, California Assembly Bill 1844 was enrolled and presented to Governor Brown. This bill is the counterpart to the Social Media Privacy Act (SB 1349), which was approved by the California State Senate in August 2012. AB 1844 is the work of Assemblywoman Nora Campos (D-San… Continue Reading

Delaware Court Enjoins Use of Ex-Employers Trade Secrets

By Paul E. Freehling on April 16th, 2011 Posted in Trade Secrets

Delaware Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster, faced with an unreasonable non-compete/non-solicitation agreement, indicated that he would have preferred to hold it invalid but said that he had no choice other than to modify its terms because its Maryland choice-of-law provision requires judicial “blue penciling.” He did enjoin the ex-employee from using his ex-employer’s… Continue Reading