Restrictive Covenants: A Litigation Checklist (for Plaintiffs or Defendants)
The following serves as a litigation checklist for both plaintiffs and defendants: 1. What is the legally protected interest the restriction seeks to protect? Confidential business information to which employees …
Overview of Non-Competition and Other Employment Restrictions
Overview of Non-Competition and Other Employment Restrictions I. Common Law and Statutory Obligations A. Introduction Apart from any contractual obligations that may limit the manner in which an employee may act …
An Insider’s Guide to Noncompetes, Nondisclosures, and Other Effective Agreements
Join Lerch Early business and employment attorneys for an important discussion about how important restrictive agreements are to protecting the ongoing operations of your business and its eventual succession or …
Don’t Rush into that Pay Cut, Furlough, or Layoff: Employment Laws Businesses and Government Contractors Need to Consider During the Shutdown
As the federal government shutdown slogs on with no end in sight, private employers financially impacted by the government shutdown, including federal contractors, may be soon facing critical economic issues …
By the Numbers: Why Your Workplace Needs Effective Sexual Harassment Training
By the Numbers: Why Your Workplace Needs Effective Sexual Harassment Training If employers needed more reasons – and they do not – to treat sexual harassment as an issue that warrants serious …
New Tax Law Targets ‘Hush Money’ But Creates New Issues for Workplace Sexual Harassment Settlements
New Tax Law Targets ‘Hush Money’ But Creates New Issues for Workplace Sexual Harassment Settlements The collision of the #MeToo movement and the new tax law has resulted in ramifications …
The ADA ‘Association’ Provision: What it is and Why Employers Need to Understand It
The ADA ‘Association’ Provision: What it is and Why Employers Need to Understand It Many, if not most employers, have a basic understanding that the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) …
Implement Gender Neutral Parental Leave Policies to Help Avoid Sex-based Discrimination Lawsuits
Implement Gender Neutral Parental Leave Policies to Help Avoid Sex-based Discrimination Lawsuits Can an employer provide more generous parental leave benefits to its female employees than its male employees? The …
What Employers Need to Know About Maryland’s New ‘Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018’
What Employers Need to Know About Maryland’s New ‘Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018’ In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the Maryland legislature recently passed the …
Business Deals, ‘Weinstein’ Clauses, and Harassment Training
Business Deals, ‘Weinstein’ Clauses, and Harassment Training It should come as no great surprise that “#MeToo” issues have become part of the mergers and acquisitions landscape. Increasingly, business lawyers have …
SHRM Workshop on Understanding and Preventing Harassment
Employment attorney Marc Engel will present a workshop on “Understanding and Preventing Sexual and Other Unlawful Harassment” at the Montgomery County Society of Human Resource Management August dinner. The presentation will …
Montgomery County, MD Wage Increase to Take Effect July 1, 2018
Montgomery County, MD Wage Increase to Take Effect July 1, 2018 Montgomery County, Maryland employers are reminded that the County minimum wage is scheduled to increase July 1, 2018. Below …
