Two employment law topics I follow closely, non-competes and city rule-making in the area of employment law, intersected this summer when it was announced that
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently weighed in on Iowa law regarding non-competes, and its holding has interesting implications for attorneys in Iowa, and
In Safety Center, Inc. v. Stier, 903 N.W.2d 896 (Minn. Ct. App. 2017), the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s decision declining to
On November 13, 2017, the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) announced that it is amending its drug-testing program on January 1, 2018 to include certain semi-synthetic
Every employee owes his or her employer a duty of loyalty, even in the absence of a non-compete agreement or other restrictive covenant. But what
Note: This Article originally appeared in the September 2017 issue of Bench & Bar Magazine co-authored by Craig W. Trepanier and V. John Ella. Minnesota’s
TMB Shareholders Craig W. Trepanier and V. John Ella have written an article for the September 2017 issue of Bench and Bar, the monthly magazine
Imagine your employment requires you to bill your employer on a per-job basis but your employer supplies all the necessary equipment to complete requested projects.
By concentrating on the protection of their own trade secrets, employers can overlook the importance of carefully handling their competitors’ trade secrets when hiring employees
At some point you or someone you know may become a party to a lawsuit. Lawsuits typically follow a common path. Although the rules and
If you are a member (owner) of a Minnesota limited liability company (LLC), then you need to decide in the next few months whether it
On August 9, 2017, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the 2013 amendments to the Minnesota Whistleblower Act (“MWA”) were specifically intended by the Minnesota
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