Contracts and Agreements

On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order outlining 72 initiatives addressing competition in the workplace and targeting non-compete clauses and agreements. According to a White House statement, the President signed the Order “to promote competition in the American economy, which will lower prices for families, increase wages for workers, and promote innovation … Read more

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on March 31, 2018 Recently, the Supreme Court reversed a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision involving the vesting of retiree medical benefits in employee collective bargaining agreements. In CNH Industrial v. Reese, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), the Court found that the lower court had misconstrued a collective … Read more

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on November 10, 2017 On October 2, 2017, the United States Supreme Court heard a one-hour oral argument in three consolidated arbitration cases involving the National Labor Relations Act and the Federal Arbitration Act: Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, No. 16-285; National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA, No. 16-307; and Ernst … Read more

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on October 23, 2017 While many states have been moving towards placing more restrictions on noncompete agreements, in 2016 the state of Idaho took the opposite route and enacted legislation that made it easier for employers to enforce noncompete agreements. In fact, as The New York Times recently reported, … Read more

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on August 9, 2016 Bridgewater Associates is under scrutiny for what has been described as a culture of surveillance and intimidation. Bridgewater manages billions of dollars and is the world’s largest hedge fund. A Bridgewater employee for five years, Christopher Tarui filed a complaint in January alleging that he … Read more

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on July 12, 2016 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Lewis v. Epic Systems Corporation turns up the pressure on the U.S. Supreme Court to address the issue of the enforceability of class action waivers in mandatory arbitration agreements. The court in Lewis … Read more