In Medtronic, Inc. v. Hughes, Civ. No. A10-998, 2011 WL 134973, 2011 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 52 (Minn. Ct. App. Jan. 18, 2011), the Minnesota
The inevitable disclosure doctrine (“IDD”) allows courts to issue temporary or permanent injunctive relief to prevent an employee from working at a competitor under circumstances
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”), Pub. L. No. 111-203, H.R. 4173, 111th Cong. (2010), was signed into law on
In Boston Scientific Corp. v. Duberg, 754 F. Supp. 2d 1033 (D. Minn. 2010), the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota analyzed the
In a recent decision, Schmit Towing, Inc. v. Frovik, 2010 WL 4451572 (Minn. Ct. App. Nov. 9 2010) (unpublished), the Minnesota Court of Appeals held
Introduction Effective June 21, 2010, federal contractors and subcontractors will be required to notify employees about their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”),
Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (“GINA”) went into effect on November 21, 2009. GINA will have an important impact on
At the beginning of this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued important new regulations regarding the Family & Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). The
Despite frequent pronouncements by Minnesota courts that public policy disfavors non-compete agreements as partial restraints of trade, such agreements have become common tools for protecting
In Softchoice, Inc. v. Schmidt, 763 N.W.2d 660 (Minn. Ct. App. 2009), the Minnesota Court of Appeals addressed two significant issues in a consolidated appeal.