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Being tricked into firing an employee is not a defense more from the NLRB on Facebook firings

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
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  • USA
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  • May 6 2013

In its most recent ruling on the subject, the National Labor Relations Board again concluded that terminating non-union employees for postings on

Implied warranties in a service contract?

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
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  • USA
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  • May 13 2013

Cargill, Inc. v. Ron Burge Trucking, Inc. addresses the issue of whether the implied warranties that exist in a contract for the sale of goods also

I.B.M.’s CEO on management, big data, and the power of today’s technology

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
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  • USA
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  • May 17 2013

"Big Data" means different things to different people. In a March 7th, speech, Virginia Rometty, Chairman, President and CEO of IBM, provided her

New Minnesota law will render most employment applications now in use unlawful

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
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  • USA
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  • May 17 2013

On May 13, 2013, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed a new law prohibiting Minnesota's private employers from inquiring into, considering or

Are you an “applicable large employer” for health care reform? Check your ownership structure!

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
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  • USA
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  • May 3 2013

As you are no doubt aware, many aspects of the Affordable Care Act become effective on January 1, 2014. One of those requirements is the "shared

Living under the H-1b cap - alternative visa options and strategies for employing foreign nationals in the U.S.

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
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  • March 30 2012

The H-1B visa is commonly known as the “workhorse” of U.S. work visas as U.S. companies rely on it more than any other visa to employ foreign workers in the U.S

New rule for proving willful infringement and why opinions from patent counsel still matter after patent reform

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 28 2013

A finding of willful infringement in patent litigation is the nightmare scenario that all defendants fear because it allows the patent owner to

The art of words and the words of art

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
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  • USA
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  • March 6 2012

The Andy Warhol Foundation has filed an amicus brief in the Cariou v. Prince case, which is pending before the Second Circuit and concerns a dispute over whether appropriation artist Richard Prince’s uses of Patrick Cariou’s Yes Rasta photographs in Prince’s Canal Zone paintings constitute a fair use under Copyright law, which would excuse Prince’s having used the photographs without licensing them

New rules for non-competition agreements in China

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
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  • China
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  • March 29 2013

China's Labor Contract Law requires that an employer pay an employee "reasonable" compensation during the term of a post-termination non-competition

Don’t turn out the lights

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 1 2013

Warning: This post is going to be a bit esoteric (perhaps "wonkish," as Paul Krugman would say). It also may not be very long. It may even be a bit