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shutterstock_272870042By Adam Vergne and Chuck Walters

Following a national trend, Montana and Virginia have become the nineteenth and twentieth states to enact laws restricting employer access to the social media accounts of applicants and employees.[1]

Virginia’s law, which takes effect on July 1, 2015, prohibits requesting (or requiring) the disclosure of usernames and/or passwords to an individual’s social media…
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By Paul Freehling

As a result of a recent ruling by the Montana Supreme Court in a case of first impression in that state, an employer there — as in several other states — ordinarily will not be permitted to enforce a non-compete provision in an employment agreement where the employer was solely responsible for ending the employment relationship. Significantly,…
Continue Reading Montana Supreme Court Holds That Employer May Not Enforce Non-Compete Agreement Where Employee Was Terminated Without Cause