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Trade secrets I and II

Trade Secrets I – Company Using “Spy” Slammed with $2 Billion Jury Award. As more workers jump to new employers in the “Great Resignation,” trade secret and noncompete legislation naturally has boomed (as we reported here) – but a recent jury verdict shocked us. A Virginia jury awarded $2.036 billion in damages to Appian, payable […]

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Intermittent FMLA Leave

Hacking Through the Thicket of Intermittent FMLA Leave. Temple University scored a victory in federal court this month by obtaining summary judgment against a former manager who claimed he was retaliated against for exercising his right to intermittent leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). According to Judge Timothy Rice’s decision on

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Leering at Coworkers

King ‘Leer’ Falls Again. Shakespeare’s tragedy, King Lear, follows the pathetic downward spiral of the ruler after he relinquishes power and property to his two daughters. Another drama involving a leader and two females played out recently at Valley Packaging Corporation in Tennessee, where – according to filings in court — the company’s president had

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