The Wall Street Journal on line has taken a recent interest in non-competes in a pair of recent one-line articles (protected by pay wall) on August 12 and August 14, 2013. Both pieces cite to a study commissioned by the Journal showing that the number of lawsuits filed over non-competes went up 60 percent between
Plaintiff in Dispute over LinkedIn Account gets “Zero” Damages
Plaintiff pro se Linda Eagle, the former president of banking education company Edcomm, Inc. ended up empty handed even though she prevailed on the merits of her claims of invasion of privacy by misappropriation of identity in her federal lawsuit filed over the alleged hijacking of her LinkedIn account by her former employer following the
Videotaping of Machine Permitted Over Trade Secrets Objection
A federal court in the Northern District of Mississippi has allowed a plaintiff in an employment law dispute to conduct an on-site inspection for purposes of videotaping the machine which he formerly operated in Morton v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., (N.D. Miss. Dec. 10, 2012). Morton, an amputee with a prosthetic leg, asserted that
Eighth Circuit Affirms Severance Repayment by Executive Who Breached Non-disclosure Obligations
Our contributor John A. Snyder writes on the Jackson Lewis website about an interesting decision out of the Eighth Circuit involving an executive of Hallmark Cards, Inc. who was ordered to pay back $735,000 in severance benefits and an additional $125,000 she earned at a competitor because she disclosed information about Hallmark’s processes and market
PhoneDog v. Kravitz Settlement Points to Need for Agreements on Ownership of Social Media Accounts
Last December, PhoneDog, a mobile phone website, sued Noah Kravitz, after he resigned from the company, alleging that he improperly took control of his Twitter account and approximately 17,000 Twitter followers when he left. While at PhoneDog, Kravitz’s Twitter account was @PhoneDog_Noah. After he left, Kravitz changed the account to @noahkravitz but kept his followers.
eBay Sued to Halt Enforcement of “No Hire” Agreement
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against eBay, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The suit, filed on November 16, 2012, claims that eBay violated antitrust laws by entering into an agreement not to hire or recruit the employees of a competitor, Intuit, Inc.
LinkedIn Account at Center of Lawsuit
An executive in Pennsylvania who filed suit against her former employer over control of her LinkedIn account under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA” or “Act”) had her CFAA claim dismissed as her lawsuit survived under alternative theories. The decision granting partial summary judgment in Eagle v. Morgan, Civil Action No. 11-4303, (E.D.