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Legalized restraint of trade raises its ugly head again in Ga.
The obscure subject of employee non-compete covenants has received press attention in the Daily Report in recent weeks. The 2010 session of the Georgia General Assembly passed HB 173 granting power to corporate employers to restrain its employees from the post-employment right to earn a living in their chosen fields. The bill was signed by Gov.New York judge approves $7.2 million settlement for toxic Buffalo neighborhood
BUFFALO, N.Y. AP _ Residents of a neighborhood built on contaminated soil would share $7.2 million under a settlement approved by a state SupremeCourtjudge Wednesday.About 220 current and former residents and their family members have personal injury and property damage claims against the city, which developed the Hickory Woods subdivision in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a model of brownfields renewal.
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IMF Will Not File Brief For Argentina In Debt Case
The International Monetary Fund has dropped plans to formally back Argentina in its legal battle with holdout investors who refused to take losses on debts in the country's $100 billion default in 2001.Brown v. Lubbock County Commissioners Court
Texas courts have followed federal courts and consistently held as a matter of law that absolute immunity extends to quasi-judicial officers, including prosecutors performing such typical prosecutorial functions as initiating criminal prosecution and presenting the state's case.Supreme Court Issues Two Employment Law Rulings
The U.S. Supreme Court has a busy employment law docket this term, with at least six important cases to be decided before the court recesses in late June.
Government Ethics Reform: A Work in Progress
David Bronston and Kenneth K. Fisher, members of Cozen O'Connor, write: There seems to be a widespread consensus that the public's lack of trust in the political process should be a genuine concern for both officials and advocates. However, elected officials at all levels struggle with avoiding compromising situations and appearances, while not stifling the free flow of information and political relationships which inform the democratic process.N.Y. High Court: Co-Defendants Must Disclose High-Low Deals
Fairness dictates that all parties in a multi-defendant liability action must be notified when any one of them reaches a high-low agreement with the plaintiffs to cap their exposure in the event of an adverse award ruling, the New York Court of Appeals determined Wednesday. Garlock Sealing Technologies was "deprived of its right to a fair trial" because it didn't know its co-defendant in an asbestos case had reached a high-low agreement with the plaintiff, the court ruled, ordering a new trial for Garlock.Trending Stories
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