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Preparing for Non-Compete Litigation: 2023 Update

Thomson Reuters Practical Law has released the 2023 update to “Preparing for Non-Compete Litigation,” co-authored by our colleague Peter A. Steinmeyer.

Following is an excerpt (see below to download the full version in PDF format):

Non-compete litigation is typically fast-paced and expensive. An employer must act quickly when it suspects that an employee or former employee is violating a non-compete agreement (also referred to as a non-competition agreement or non-compete). It is critical to confirm that there is sufficient factual and legal support before initiating legal action. Filing a complaint for monetary damages or a request for an injunction can …

South Korean eyes fines for corporate greenwashing

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As regulators from the European Union to Australia ramp up measures against corporate greenwashing, South Korea has broken ground as the first country in Asia to seek to hand out fines for false environmental claims in advertising.

Under a draft law, a financial penalty of 3 million won ($2,270) will be handed out to companies by South Korea’s Ministry of Environment that are deemed to have misled the public about their environmental impacts and green credentials. The law falls under a series of proposed environmental reforms to be made this year.

Jihyeon Ha, head of legal at Seoul-based nonprofit Solutions

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Mintz continues Bay Street legal talent raid, hiring four lawyers from Torys, Dentons

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A giant US law firm is continuing its raid of Bay Street corporate legal talent as it aims to establish a foothold in the capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, funds and employment and pension practices.

Boston-based Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC said in a release Tuesday that it had recruited four more lawyers to its new Toronto office, three weeks after announcing it was opening shop here. Mintz also revealed his goal is to have 20 lawyers in Toronto by the end of this month, 50 within the next 18 months and 75 within three years.

Three

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US Justice Clarence Thomas responds to unreported luxury travel | Courts News

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United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has responded to a report detailing his failure to disclose luxury trips provided by a Republican megadonor — a possible violation of the law.

In a statement to US media on Friday, Thomas said he had “always sought to comply with the disclosure guidelines”.

His response came a day after a report from the nonprofit news publication ProPublica, which detailed regular trips taken by the staunchly conservative justice on the private jet and 162-foot (50-metre) yacht of real estate scion Harlan Crow.

The report said that Thomas’s failure to report two decades of

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Baltimore attorney weighs in on what indictment means for Donald Trump

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BALTIMORE – A Baltimore attorney weighed in on the indictment of former President Donald Trump, who is expected to surrender to authorities in New York on Tuesday.

A New York grand jury investigating the circumstances surrounding a “hush money” payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016, has voted to indict Trump, making him the first former president in US history to face criminal charges. The charge or charges have not yet been unsealed.

That payment was supposed to keep her quiet about the alleged affair between the two of them. Trump has denied any wrongdoing.

Trump is

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Important update for customers of Porter Davis (in liquidation)

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Following from the Grant Thornton’s, liquidator of Porter Davis, Customer Meeting this morning, there are still many questions left unanswered and we can appreciate that there may be some uncertainty that exists regarding what your rights and obligations are and what you should do next.

Our Building team at PCL Lawyers will use tomorrow’s Webinar to address those outstanding questions and set the record straight with regard to some concerning answers. In addition to answering the commonly asked questions regarding including insurance, deposits and contract termination in more detail.

Our Webinar will be informative with practical and commercially sound legal

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Three women to sue Andrew Tate over alleged sexual and physical assaults

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Mr Tate has been imprisoned in Romania since late December alongside his brother and two other suspects on human trafficking and rape charges (The Associated Press)

A UK law firm is planning to launch civil legal action against misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate on behalf of three alleged victims.

The women accuse Mr Tate of perpetrating violent sexual and physical assaults against them, claiming they endured injuries and psychiatric damage.

The women, who are being represented by law firm McCue Jury & Partners, also accuse him of subjecting them to coercive and controlling behavior.

The claimants, who are aged in their

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Abortion pill mifepristone in legal limbo in the US after competing rulings

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Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the United States plunged into uncertainty on Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years.

For now, the drug that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved in 2000 remains at least immediately available in the wake of the separate rulings that were issued just minutes apart by federal judges in Texas and Washington state.

US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, ordered a hold on federal approval of mifepristone in a decision that

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