It was not too long into her in-house counsel career when Char Dalton understood she was on the pitching mound facing down the challenge standing in the batter’s box.
For most businesses, non-compete agreements with employees offer a way to protect their trade secrets from competitors. Legally prohibiting employees from competing with them for a specific duration of time after their employment ends helps businesses keep confidential information confidential.
“We know that if attorneys don’t talk to one another nothing gets accomplished,” said Michael J. Brennan, chair of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission.
While many firms encourage staff to make time for pro bono and volunteer projects in their community, DLA Piper partner Rich Klawiter says his firm takes a holistic view to these opportunities.
If you are going to be a leader in data technology, blockchain and other internet-related matters, you must dive right in when a new platform gains traction.
The issue of exercising personal jurisdiction over a defendant whose products cause injuries in a state other than its home state has been a question that has long made law students and lawyers wonder. A 2021 U.S. Supreme Court decision has laid much of that issue to rest. Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eight Judicial District Court, 592 U.S., 141 S. Ct. 1017 (2021).
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