There is a good article from the Houston Chronicle this week outlining a non-compete dispute between two former compensation consultants and their former employer. The facts are pretty standard fare for this type of dispute:
Here in Dallas this morning we are trying to recover from what went from a fairy tale NBA free agent signing to a team on the decline that is still on the decline. You might not be an NBA fan or sports fan for that matter but picture this: The Dallas Mavericks are several years
In late May a Houston jury issued a $3 million dollar plaintiff’s verdict against National Oilwell Varco. The jury awarded Plaintiff Manasseh Simmons $775,000 in back pay and $2.5 million dollars in punitive damages based on violations of various anti-discrimination laws. A few days later, the case settled for an undisclosed amount.
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Sunday night was the midseason finale of Mad Men. It’s always hard to stick with a television series for more then a few seasons, at least for me. Mad Men has been no different but I still follow along into season 7. The trials and
A few weeks ago we discussed a Texas employer hiring new employees based upon their Body Mass Index. The dangers of considering weight in employment decisions were recently exemplified in a press release from the EEOC.
In that release, it was announced that a treatment facility for chemically dependent women and children was paying $125,000 to
Texas Tech won its appeal against Mike Leach and his claims for millions of dollars in compensation are gone. The Seventh Court of Appeals, based in Amarillo, recently took up Texas Tech’s claim of sovereign immunity and reversed the trial court, finding in Tech’s favor.
The Court ruled in its opinion that Leach cannot maintain a breach of contract
Here is a link to an article discussing some "different" questions asked during interviews this past year. Some favorites:
A while back we discussed the DOJ’s investigation into allegations that technology giants in Silicon Valley were effectively preventing computer programmers from making job changes by agreeing not to poach their competitors’ employees.
Last week the DOJ filed a lawsuit along with a proposed settlement with Apple Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Intel Corp.
It’s that time of year – the NFL season is drawing to a close and fantasy football leagues are in the midst of the playoffs. Fantasy leagues are as popular as ever and cover all sports, not just football. Fantasy leagues based on the NFL are by far the most popular and in many instances
High-tech companies have been vigorous in their attempts to keep employees from departing to competitors as evidenced by the Mark Papermaster lawsuit filed by IBM and Steven Johnson case. According to some reports, Google and Microsoft entered into an unofficial agreement not to poach each others’ employees. Essentially, neither company would actively pursue or