In Javier Aviles v. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., No. 10-1226 (11th Cir. July 20, 2011), a former employee of Charles Schwab was unsuccessful in persuading the Eleventh Circuit to vacate an award entered against him in an arbitration before…
Read MoreThe Georgia Court of Appeals’ recent decision in Sutter Capital Management, LLC v. Wells Capital, Inc., — S.E.2d –, 2011 WL 2697058, (Ga. App. July 13, 2011), offers an interesting analysis of the Georgia Trade Secrets Act’s requirement that a…
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The Court’s ruling in Rowland v. International Paper Company, Civil Action No. 1:10-CV-3443-RWS, 2011 WL 1457194 (N.D. Ga. April 15, 2011), reflects an interesting and unusual resolution to the typical fact pattern of an employee seeking to obtain declaratory relief…
Read MoreA soon-to-be-released study by three highly regarded business-school professors investigates whether talented, high-tech employees and inventors are leaving states that have employer-friendly, non-competition laws and move to states that have more relaxed, employee-friendly non-competition laws. According to one advance, the…
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