Will treating an individual as an employee rather than an independent contractor – when the parties have agreed to an independent contractor arrangement – preclude enforcement of a non-compete agreement? The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently answered this question affirmatively, affirming a District Court Order denying an employer’s application for a preliminary injunction.
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How Employers Can Use CFAA to Get Back Laptops
By James (Jim) P. Flynn on
Posted in Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Employers looking to protect their intellectual property and proprietary information, and wondering whether they can punish the departing employees that ignore demands to return laptops and other transportable electronic devices that hold such data, may now have a newly invigorated weapon at their disposal — the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
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