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I.INTRODUCTION: Employers' concerns in today's workplace cannot be limited to production, profits and competition.. -
This Department of Labor report summarizes new research that uses detailed establishment level data to examine the respective contributions of human capital investments, workplace practices, and computers on labor productivity. -
On October 28, 2002, Shanghai Municipal People's Congress amended the "Shanghai Municipal Rules on the Protection of Consumer Interest" (the "Rules"). The Rules will enter into effect on January 1, 2003. The implementation of the Rules will have a significant impact on the current marketing and sale practices in Shanghai. -
As technology continues to advance protection of employers' trade secrets and good will has become increasingly more important. An ever-increasing number of employers now use written noncompetition agreements to protect their legitimate interests in their intellectual property, their trade secrets and their goodwill. While noncompetition agreements are disfavored in law because they constitute restraints of trade, they can be enforced with relative ease in the majority of states if certain fundamental requirements-which differ only slightly from state-to-state-are satisfied. -
This fact sheet answers basic questions about the National Credit Union Administration fraud hotline. -
Many of our clients have inquired in recent years whether non-competition agreements are actually legally binding.. -
Care should be given to evaluating whether postemployment restrictive covenants will be enforceable after an acquisition. At a minimum, this evaluation should encompass the issue of whether the restrictive covenant has an assignment clause, and the five other key questions listed in this article. -
Federal Trade Commission staff opinion letter which analyzes the disclosure obligations of employers to consumers (applicants for jobs or current employees) under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. -
Federal Trade Commission staff opinion letter which analyzes the definition of consumer reporting agencies under the Fair Credit Reporting Act along with a discussion of notification requirements when obtaining consumer reports. -
The National Football League failed to persuade the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to stay its decision invalidating the league's eligibility rule for the NFL player draft. In doing so, the federal district court made running back Maurice Clarett eligible to participate in the 2004 draft.