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On Wednesday 19th April the Court will hand-down judgment in Morgan and others v Ministry…
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This Week in the Supreme Court – w/c 17th April 2023 – UKSCBlog
On Wednesday 19th April the Court will hand-down judgment in Morgan and others v Ministry of Justice (Northern Ireland) [2023] UKSC 14. The Court will determine whether Section 30 of the Counter Terrorism and Sentence Act 2021 is incompatible
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Ohio Appellate Court Holds Logistics Company was Improperly Limited to Half a Remedy, Reviving Noncompete Suit Against a Former Employee
The day after obtaining federal brokerage authority for the logistics company he formed a month earlier, Christopher Johnson, a North Carolina resident, resigned from his employment with Cincinnati-based Total Quality Logistics, LLC (“TQL”). TQL then sued Johnson and his company …
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Moulsdale t/a Moulsdale Properties v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs – UKSCBlog
In this post, Jack Prytherch, Of Counsel in the Tax team at CMS, comments on the Supreme Court’s decision in Moulsdale t/a Moulsdale Properties v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2023] UKSC 12, which was handed down on
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Restrictive Covenants in the First Circuit
To continue our series on trade secret employee contract clauses, we’ve surveyed the First Circuit for updates to the law relating to restrictive covenants. Such covenants remain predominantly governed by statutes in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, while
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NY Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Challenge to Town Board’s Historic Preservation Determination
This post was authored by Tyler Doan, Esq.
Petitioner, the owner of a historic theater, with an adjacent property owner, challenged the Town of Hempstead Town Board’s determination of the Petitioner’s theater as a historic landmark. The Supreme Court denied
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GIs, free trade, Australia and the EU – IPwars.com
With the closing stages of the negotiations between Australia and the EU over the proposed free trade agreement almost upon us, the EU has proposed a list of 55 further wine geographical indications it wants to protect.[1] Amongst others, the
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This Week in the Supreme Court – w/c 15th May 2023 – UKSCBlog
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.
On Tuesday 16th to Thursday 18th may the Court will hear the case of Polmear and another v Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, on appeal
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Home Improvement Increase Is Over As Inflation, Debt, House Prices Bite
It is equally simple to spend a lot extra on a toilet, round $41,200 with luxury fixtures and fittings. Countertops take a big chunk out of the kitchen remodelling finances. The advice from the Appraisal Institute of Canada is to …
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No Non-Compete? No Problem. Texas Court Grants TRO Forcing Former Employees to Stop Working for Competing Business.
Restrictive covenants and non-compete agreements have been a frequent topic of this blog in recent months, and rightly so. Non-competitors are generally thought to be effective tools to help firms protect trade secrets and competitive advantages. However, these agreements are
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Zarya of the Dawn – copyright and an AI – IPwars.com
Those of you who heard Shira Perlmutter, the US Register of Copyright, on her Australian tour last year will recall the US Copyright Office had withdrawn and was considering the copyright registration for Zarya of the Dawn.[1] On 21 February