September 10, 2020
With a recent California high court ruling on how a state law affects business contracts, a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court and the impact of COVID-19, there are plenty of developments for employee mobility attorneys to watch out for in the home stretch of 2020. Here, Law360 looks at five issues worth keeping an eye on.
April 08, 2020
The First Circuit said Wednesday that medical device company NuVasive can stop a former sales employee from working for a rival firm, upholding a lower court's preliminary injunction enforcing a nonsolicitation and noncompete agreement the worker signed.
February 06, 2020
The First Circuit struggled with whether Massachusetts' material change doctrine could apply to a case in which an employee became an independent contractor as the panel heard arguments from NuVasive and a former sales representative barred from working for a competitor for a year.
December 10, 2019
A Massachusetts federal judge was right to bar a former NuVasive sales representative from working for a competitor for a year, the company told the First Circuit on Tuesday, saying Delaware law governs their agreement despite the Bay State's 2018 noncompete law.