TEXAS BUSINESS LAW UPDATE:NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENTS EASIER TO ENFORCE
A few blog entries ago I discussed the enforceability of noncompete agreements. In that article, I mentioned that noncompete agreements may be enforced if they contain reasonable limitations with respect to geography, time and scope of the activity and if they are ancillary to an enforceable agreement. On June 24, 2011, the Texas Supreme Court […]
Supreme Court Rejects Class Action in Wal-Mart Sex Discrimination Suit
In a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Wal-Mart Monday when it rejected a class action suit brought by 1.5 million female employees of Wal-Mart. The court said that there was not enough commonality among each case of discrimination, pointing to the fact that Wal-Mart left most pay and promotion decisions […]
Caution: Workplace Retaliation on the Rise!
Last year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) received 36,258 charges for retaliation, thereby surpassing all other discrimination complaints, including race and sex discrimination, to become the number one filed charge with the EEOC. This sharp increase of complaints is due in part to the broad scope of federal and state retaliation laws. To […]
