On July 14, 2011, I will be a part of a panel discussion on social media on the Proactive Employer podcast – http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theproactiveemployer. Please check it out.
Analysis from last Friday’s Texas Supreme Court opinion in Marsh USA v. Cook will continue this week as lawyers, employers, and employees struggle with what the non-compete playing field is today. Quite simply put, Marsh USA is a game changer. The […]
Today the Texas Supreme Court again made non-compete agreements easier to enforce in the state of Texas. In Marsh USA v. Cook, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that a stock option agreement could serve as the basis for a […]
In a recent article about employee poaching Mark Hendricks profiled the common practice of poaching a competitor’s talent. In the article he noted: Employers like to hire people who are employed, not unemployed; Reaching potential hires through social networking tools like LinkedIn has made […]
Last year FINRA published its social media guidelines as contained in Regulatory Notice 10-06. As discussed previously, broker/dealers are subject to very onerous restrictions when it comes to social media communications. The restrictions are so burdensome it is questionable why […]
Last week we discussed the firing of Paul Tueutul, Jr., and ongoing business divorce at Orange County Choppers. This dispute between Jr. and his father, Paul Tueutul, Sr., has many of the issues that arise in a business divorce, as well […]
Rep. Weiner decided to come clean and admit the Tweet and attached picture he sent to a woman was sent by him and of him. According to CNN, Weiner’s communications were not limited to one woman and took place with several over […]
If you ever had the chance to watch American Chopper you are familiar with the tension between Paul Teutul Sr. and Paul Teutul Jr. Unfortunately, that tension led to departure of Jr. from Orange County Chopper and of course […]
The post from last week raised some interesting question regarding the employer monitoring of employee social media communications. The takeaway – Do we need to rethink the sacrosanct division of our employment versus private lives? As social media use […]
Ohio lawyer Jon Hyman provided some insight yesterday on the NLRB’s latest social media case. The short of it is an employer is alleged to have fired five employees because of negative Facebook posts about employment conditions. Others have weighed in […]
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