When an employee leaves, most employers focus on the logistics: returning equipment, revoking access, and wrapping up final pay. But for many organizations, there is a critical step that too often gets skipped: a forensic review of the departing employee’s computer and electronic devices. Depending on the nature
A recent decision from a Georgia federal court offers hope that hiring employers may be able to provide financial assistance — even going as far as indemnifying their new hire from legal liability from their former employer — without creating significant exposure.
Employers frequently hire employees who have continued contractual obligations to their former employer
This week President Donald Trump nominated attorney Jonathan Berry to be the next solicitor of the Department of Labor (DOL). Berry worked in the department during the first Trump administration, and he was the sole author of Chapter 18 of Project 2025’s treatise Mandate for Leadership, which contained a set of policy recommendations for
The EEOC has some new laws in its arsenal (i.e., the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, the PUMP Act) and is likely to release new guidance on harassment. Keeping that in mind, we anticipate investigators will be interested in employer compliance with the new laws and will likely ask for evidence of such. For example
Can you still have noncompete agreements with your employees? There has been a lot of buzz about this issue, and this week the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board joined the conversation with a memorandum, GC 23-08, opining that noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements violate the National Labor Relations Act. This continues a