Pinkerton Tobacco v.  Kretek Int’l: Defendant’s Statute of Limitations Argument Goes Up in Smoke

Pinkerton Tobacco v. Kretek Int’l: Defendant’s Statute of Limitations Argument Goes Up in Smoke

A Central District of California courtroom not too long ago denied a defendant’s movement for abstract judgment the place the defendant argued that the plaintiff’s claims for commerce secret misappropriation had been barred by the relevant statute of limitations. The …

NLRB Finds Its First Noncompete Target—and Its Charges Go Well Beyond an “Overbroad” Noncompete

NLRB Finds Its First Noncompete Target—and Its Charges Go Well Beyond an “Overbroad” Noncompete

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has found its first target under recent guidance issued in a memo from its General Counsel claiming that noncompete agreements may violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). According to Bloomberg Law, “[t]the NLRB’s …