THE DOCKET
Marsh & Tolliver LLP · Client letter · No. 31
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Lead
The non-compete rules changed. Most of yours just expired.
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s of the first of the month, non-compete clauses for employees under the new salary threshold are unenforceable in this state, including ones signed years ago. If your standard offer letter still carries the old clause, it is now a paragraph that only creates risk. The fix is a one-page amendment, and for most clients we can batch it. |
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In the courts
| Harmon v. Cole: late fees over 8 percent presumed punitive in residential leases. |
| In re Calder: e-signatures on estate documents upheld, with witness requirements intact. |
| State v. Brill: the data-breach notification window shortens to 30 days in January. |
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Counsel
Elena Marsh, employment practice
Twenty-one years on the employer side, argued the appellate case the new threshold comes from, and answers email faster than the associates would like.
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One thing to do this quarter
Pull your standard offer letter and send it to us before December. Reviewing it takes us an hour. Litigating it takes eighteen months.
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This letter is attorney advertising and general information, not legal advice about your specific situation, which is what the phone is for. Marsh & Tolliver LLP, 200 Chancery Row, Suite 900. |