Category Archives: Employment and Labour Law

SJC Hears Oral Arguments over Request for Records of Show Cause Hearings

Massachusetts has a unique system for certain criminal complaints, where both a police officer or private individual can apply for a criminal complaint and a clerk magistrate will decide whether there is probable cause for a criminal complaint to be issued. This process … Continue reading

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FLORIDA NON-COMPETE LAW: ANTITRUST ISSUES WHEN EMPLOYERS AGREE NOT TO SOLICT EACH OTHER’S EMPLOYEES

Many employers possess confidential information vital to generating profits. Employers routinely entrust employees with this information to facilitate business operations, but employees often leave their job after a few years to work for a competitor. When this happens, the employee … Continue reading

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Zillow Claims Trade Secrets Protection Over Machine Learning Algorithms; Sues Compass for Theft

Many companies are currently racing to adopt artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate and augment various aspects of their businesses. Those who have succeeded and have gained the first-mover advantage are facing the challenge of keeping key employees who … Continue reading

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Equality Act Passes House

While it has little chance of becoming enacted in the near future, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act today by a vote of 236-173. Among other things, the Act would prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis… … Continue reading

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U.S. Appeals Court Says It’s No Longer Enough to “Merely” Claim A Candidate Is More Qualified

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has adopted a set of legal principles to assess a notoriously thorny issue in discrimination law – the role of “qualifications” in hiring and promotions. Henceforth, the court held, it … Continue reading

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