Recently, we provided an outline of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in this blog. Since then, banks have been inundated with applications from business owners.

Sometimes an exciting business opportunity really is too good to be true.

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it finalized its update of the federal overtime rule. The final regulation will become effective January 1, 2020.

The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") has modified its Independent Contractor Standard under the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA"). It is now harder for an employer to classify an individual...

Non-compete agreements and the fact that they are frequently abused have been a newsworthy topic in the last few years.

Atlanta based United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) has agreed to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit for $4.9 million with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Recently, shared-office rental company WeWork reached a settlement with the attorney general (AG) of New York to end or limit WeWork's use of non-compete agreements for nearly all of its employees...

A copyright is a right provided under the Copyright Act (the "Act") to protect authors of creative works. It is a form of protection provided to original works of authorship fixed in any tangible

Harvard University's admissions practices are on trial in federal court in Boston. The

Harvard University's admissions practices are on trial in federal court in Boston. The plaintiffs in the case accuse Harvard of setting a restrictive quota for the number of Asian-Americans students it accepts.

Late last week, the Supreme Court handed down an important decision involving the Federal Arbitration Act in Coinbase v. Bielski.

As a dual graduate of The Ohio State University and a proud Buckeye fan, I was saddened to see Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer at the center of the latest sports controversy.

The last few months have seen a flurry of attention on the use of non-competes and whether they should be regulated in some fashion by the federal government.

If you are a real estate developer in the State of Georgia, chances are, at some point, a municipality will require that you pay an impact fee proportionate to the potential impact of your development

When a former employee is violating a noncompete or other restrictive covenant, a former employer will often assert a claim against the new employer for tortious interference with its agreement with the former employee.

One of the ways in which companies can better protect their confidential information and trade secrets is to assess the level of risk of theft of that information by a departing employee.

We reported last week that a bipartisan group of senators had reintroduced the Workforce Mobility Act, which would ban most noncompetes.

A question that frequently arises in non-compete cases is whether the duration of a former employee's non-compete clause can be extended by a court.

On June 1, 2022, the Supreme Court of Georgia released its opinion in General Motors, LLC v. Buchanan, which sets forth an analytical framework for determining when a high-ranking officer...