The college admissions scam a/k/a "Operation Varsity Blues," has dominated U.S. headlines over the past week.

The recent allegations of sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein have drawn national attention to the issue of sexual harassment.

When disputes arise between the co-owners of a business, the majority partner often uses her controlling interest in the company to freeze out the minority partner...

In Evans v. Birmingham Hide & Tallow Company, Inc., the Court affirmed judgment in favor of the employer. The Court stated the employee failed to identify a valid comparator who was treated...

AIPLA Trade Secrets Conference: Cybersecurity, Drafts & Jurisdictions.

The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently determined that the Official Code of Georgia Annotated cannot be copyrighted.

Despite massive technological developments and the growth of the gig economy, copyright legislation in the United States remained largely stagnant over the last twenty years.

That changed on October 11, 2018 when the Music Modernization Act became law.

Noncompete and trade secret law has evolved rapidly in the last decade in Georgia and nationally, and 2023 was no different. Below are some key lingering issues to monitor in 2024.

As we previously reported, the FTC has proposed a rule that would ban most noncompetes. The public comment period has ended, so the FTC could issue the rule (or a modified version of the rule) any time.

Non compete lawsuits often involve a host of thorny issues, including disputes over the enforceability of the non-compete itself. Another issue that frequently gets argued in non-compete cases

In 2005, the Georgia Legislature adopted comprehensive tort reform legislation.

This now infamous outburst may have cost Serena Williams the U.S. Open Championship title and a renewed discussion on sexual bias.

On March 10, 2022, the Georgia Court of Appeals issued a decision regarding the enforceability of certain restrictive covenants in an employment agreement.

This blog serves as a follow up to my blog posted earlier this year entitled "Prepare to Sell Your Business" and identifies a few more areas that a business owner should pay attention to prior to marketing his or her business for sale.

On January 1st, a new Vermont statute dealing with data brokers went into effect. Data brokers are businesses that collect personal information about consumers and sell that information to other businesses.

Last year saw continued movement toward the implementation of federal data privacy legislation. In July, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) became the first online data privacy bill...

In Carpetcare, an employer sued a former independent contractor for violating his non-compete.

This blog carefully tracks developments related to Georgia's Restrictive Covenant Act (RCA), which passed in 2011 and substantially revised Georgia's non-compete law.

When a client contacts me after they've been sued, one of the first questions I ask them is whether they have been served with a copy of the lawsuit. For a party filing suit...