Non-competes are scary for anyone. I represent many medical professionals, and occasionally a physician will mention she feels stuck by a non-compete. “I am going to have to move away for two years just so that I can come back and open my own practice.” When I mention the non-compete may not actually be enforceable, I generally receive a very skeptical look.
So, I thought I’d take this opportunity lay out some of the basics […]
During the past year, there have been more than 18 normative changes to the labour legislation in Peru. Some of these changes are highly beneficial to employees and employers with the goals of increasing quality of life and better management of a work-life balance. Employees are now more protected when it comes to issues of labour and employment.
Although there have been very important legislative developments that affect Peruvian employment law, most recently the President […]
In April, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court confirmed that plaintiffs seeking to bring class actions asserting Massachusetts Wage Act (“Wage Act”) violations must meet the certification standards set by Massachusetts Rule of Civil Procedure 23 (“Rule 23”), and cannot avail themselves of a lower bar to class certification. In Gammella v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc., plaintiff Felice Gammella argued that the Commonwealth’s Wage Act (Mass. Gen. L. ch. 149, งง 148, 150) provides […]