Our colleagues Janene Marasciullo and Daniel J. Green of Epstein Becker Green have a new post on Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility that will be of interest to our readers: "The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Nixes a No-Poach Agreement Between Business Partners as Overbroad."
The following is an excerpt:
As reported here and here, in December 2019 and January 2020, the United States Department of Justice brought its first criminal charges against employers who entered into “naked” wage fixing agreements and no-poach (e.g., non-solicitation and/or non-hire ...
Our colleague Stuart Gerson authored an article in Bloomberg Law, titled “No-Poaching Agreements, Wage Fixing & Antitrust Prosecution.”
The following is an excerpt (see below to download the full version in PDF format):
Especially in difficult economic times, companies look for stability and predictability. Hence, while intent upon avoiding litigation charging wage fixing or its close cousin, no-poach agreements, experience suggests that there are companies that might be considering various ways to exchange information related to employment that can be used for ...
Our colleagues Janene Marasciullo and David J. Clark of Epstein Becker Green have a new post on the Trade Secrets and Employee Mobility blog that will be of interest to our readers: "Less Than a Month After DOJ Brings Its First Wage-Fixing Indictment, DOJ Brings Its First "No-Poach" Indictment."
The following is an excerpt:
In the past month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has made good on its 2016 threat, contained in its Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals (“Antitrust Guidance”) to bring criminal charges against people or corporations who enter into ...
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