Ohio Supreme Court partially reverses its Acordia non-compete decision *

USA - October 11 2012
This past May, we reported that the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in Acordia of Ohio, L.L.C. v. Fishel that following a merger, the surviving company may not be able to enforce employees’ non-compete agreements, where the agreements failed to contain an assignment clause, and the time period of the employees’ non-competes began to run as of the date of the merger.

Ohio Supreme Court rules on the enforcement of non-compete agreements by the surviving company in a merger *

USA - May 29 2012
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on May 24, 2012, that following a merger the surviving company may not be able to enforce employees’ non-compete agreements where the agreements fail to contain an assignment clause and the time period of the employees’ non-competes began to run as of the date of the merger.

Whistleblowing galore under the Dodd-Frank Act *

USA - August 24 2010
Congress' recent passage and President Obama's signing of the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" provides significant incentives for financial industry whistleblowers to assist the government root out fraudulent practices and other unlawful conduct in the industry.

OSHA sends strong message under SOX *

USA - March 26 2010
Publicly traded companies need to remain vigilant to avoid employment-related retaliation against employees who may complain about company violations of accounting controls and possible violations of SEC related rules or regulations.