The first time I sat in an arbitration was back in 1999. Since that time I’ve spent a significant amount of times in one arbitrator and three arbitrator hearings in both construction and employment cases. Here are some thoughts and […]
The real question is not so much whether a non-compete is fair or not – it is what agency/legislature should have the power to restrict them? Here’s what the Federal Trade Commission put on its website after Judge Ada Brown’s […]
A few months ago the NRLB made some noise when it imposed restrictions on non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions in releases/settlement agreements. Now it’s back at it with non-competes following the footsteps of the FTC. In her memo, General Counsel Jennifer […]
Since our last update Texas employers have been confronted with mixed messages on the vaccine mandate. Let’s try to catch up here. Putting politics and science aside we have a conflict between Governor Abbot’s executive order (no vaccines) and […]
It’s tough to keep up to date in Texas when it comes to mask/vaccine mandates. We have the interplay of federal/state and local laws and regulations and needless to say on top of the requirements we have a little politics […]
Back in 2015 there was a lot of publicity about a non-compete Jimmy John’s was implementing for its sandwich makers. Here is what I said back then: “When news of the Jimmy John’s non-compete came out last October my concern […]
Over the last few months I’ve started following Formula 1 Racing. There are fast cars with interesting personalities and races all over the world including Austin, Texas in October. It is also a very expensive sport backed by big brands […]
We’ve now been in the midst of this global pandemic since March (give or take a few weeks) and we have a little more runway to look at the state of employee movement. It seems that most folks fall in […]
Yesterday Judge Jenkins entered a revised stay at home order – March 29 Dallas County Order – that impacts the way construction companies in Dallas County do business. Some highlights: If a worker has a temperature above 99.6 degrees […]
We need to reset the way we consider non-compete duration and scope. Instead of conceptualizing the duration of a non-compete in terms of “how long” the better approach is “how short.” The same is true for the subject matter […]
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