The southwestern Ontario township in the midst of a culture war over gay Pride symbols hired a boutique law firm that specializes in representing churches and religious institutions to help it draft its flag by law, CBC News has learned. Norwich Township used the Ottawa-based Acacia Group to help it come up with its flag and banner policy, township clerk and chief administrative officer Kyle Kruger confirmed. The controversial bylaw forbids non-civic flags from being flown on municipal property and led one councillor to resign in protest. The Acacia Group is a law firm with Christian roots. A statement on the website said the company “seeks to preserve our clients’ ministries, their good works and their legacy for many generations.”…
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Senators Release Report from Government Watchdog on the Prevalence and Economic Effects of Noncompete Agreements Amid Intensifying Federal and State Efforts to Restrict Use
On May 17, 2023, US Senator Rob Wyden (D-OR) announced the release of a long-awaited report on the US Government Accountability Office’s multi-year investigation into the use of noncompete agreements across the US labor market. In announcing the release, Senator Wyden said that the GAO report “highlights the problems of noncompete agreements – particularly their impact on limiting workers’ fundamental freedom to change jobs,” and pledged to “fight tooth and nail for fair labor laws that protect workers and promote the creation of new businesses in Oregon and nationwide.”In March 2019, Wyden and a bipartisan group of US senators – including Todd Young (R-IN) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) – requested that the GAO investigate the prevalence of noncompetes in the US and the effects of such agreements on workers and the economy as a whole.…
10,000 Lakes and . . . No Noncompetitive? Minnesota Passes Law Banning Non-Competes Effective July 1, 2023
As expected, on May 24, 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed a new law banning noncompete agreement in Minnesota. The ban will be effective for such agreements entered on or after July 1, 2023. By enacting the Omnibus Jobs, Economic Development, Labor and Industry appropriations bill (MN SF 30035), Minnesota becomes only the fourth state (along with California, Oklahoma and North Dakota) to ban noncompetitors.The new law renders void and unenforceable all covenants not to compete entered by employees or independent contractors on or after July 1, 2023. The only exceptions are noncompetitive agreements relating to the sale or dissolution of a business.…
Spilling Secrets Podcast: How to Secure Key Employees in Health Care M&A Transactions
Now on Spilling Secrets, our podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secret law: Human capital often drives the value of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the health care industry. Buyers involved in these deals must retain key employees to secure that value. Epstein Becker Green’s Spilling Secrets hosts Erik W. Weibust and Katherine G. Rigby join forces with the Healthcare Diagnostics podcast hosts Daniel L. Fahey and Timothy J. Murphy to talk about strategies to retain these employees.* * * Tune in to Spilling Secrets, a podcast series on the future of trade secrets and non-compete law.…
2023-04-19 | Press Release | ROSEN, A LONGSTANDING LAW FIRM, Encourages Hesai Group Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in First Filed Securities Class Action Commenced by the Firm
NEW YORK, April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ —WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Hesai Group (NASDAQ: HSAI) pursuant and/or traceable to the Company’s initial public offering conducted in February 2023 (the “IPO”), of the important June 6, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action commenced by the Firm. SO WHAT: If you purchased Hesai securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Hesai class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=13347…
INVESTIGATION ALERT: The Schall Law Firm Announces it is Investigating Claims Against Chinook Therapeutics, Inc. and Encourages Investors with Losses to Contact the Firm
INVESTIGATION ALERT: The Schall Law Firm Announces it is Investigating Claims Against Chinook Therapeutics, Inc. and Encourages Investors with Losses to Contact the FirmThe Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announced that it is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Chinook Therapeutics, Inc. (“Chinook” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: KDNY) for violations of the securities laws.The investigation focuses on whether the Company issued false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose information pertinent to investors. Chinook is the subject of a report issued by Muddy Waters Research on May 16, 2023. According to the report, the Company’s lead product candidate “has been shown to be harmful to patients’ cardiovascular health”, and that “AbbVie and Chinook appear to have systemically manipulated research findings and presentation on atrasentan to obscure these trial results.”…
2023-04-19 | NYSE:UP | Press Release
NEW YORK, April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ —WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announced it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Wheels Up Experience Inc. (NYSE:UP) between November 9, 2022 and March 31, 2023, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”). A class action has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move to Court no later than June 19, 2023. SO WHAT: If you purchased Wheels Up securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.…
Lawyers win big in $787.5 million Fox defamation case
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – The $787.5 million settlement that ended Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp also marks the end of a lucrative, two-year legal battle for the sprawling teams of highly-paid lawyers on both sides. At least 31 lawyers from nine different law firms worked on the case, court filings show. Dominion said Fox News broadcast false claims that the company’s voting machines were involved in a conspiracy to rig the 2020 US presidential election, and won one of the biggest settlements paid in a defamation lawsuit. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis complimented the legal teams in court after Tuesday’s settlement, saying he had not seen “as good of lawyering” in 13 years on the bench.…