BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: Tuesday\, June 14\, 2022 from \;4:00 p.m. &n dash\; 6:00 p.m. ET\nWebinar Fee: $50\n\nThis Program is \;Online Only .\n\nFaculty\n\nThomas J. Carey\, Esq.\, Boston College Law School\, Hogan Lovells LLP\nKaren Breda\, Esq.\, Boston College Law School\nJerry Cohen\ , Esq.\, Burns &\; Levinson LLP \;\, and JAMS\, Inc.\, Roger Willia ms Law School\, co-authors of Massachusetts Law Review article: &ldquo\;Em ployee Noncompetition Laws and Practices: A Massachusetts Paradigm Shift G oes National&rdquo\; (April 2022)\nDescription\nThe Massachusetts Noncompe tition Agreement Act of 2018 (MNAA)\, effective prospectively\, and now in creasingly applicable\, \;creates a dramatic shift in employer control s of employees&rsquo\; mobility but preserves common law roots. \;It p resents new challenges for counselors to employers and employees and has b een a guide for reform in many other states. It was passed concurrently wi th Massachusetts&rsquo\;s adoption of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) \, bans noncompetition agreements for large classes of employees and creat es protective of employee rules for remaining classes\, and ends abusive p ractices but gives employers useful safe harbor standards. The Act is at t he forefront of a nationwide reform movement and shows continuing vitality to the Brandeis expression of states as laboratories of democracy. There are also pending movements for federal intervention and a new proposed uni form restrictive agreements act for all states. The faculty panel will sho w the changed ground rules\, compliance measures\, remaining questions and measures within MNAA\, UTSA and various IP systems for adequate protectio n of trade secrets\, confidential information and goodwill.\nOutline\nBack ground: English and colonial roots of non-competes heavily balanced for em ployee mobility and courts&rsquo\; and legislative evolution to greater ri ghts for company employers while carving out exceptions and limits sandwic hed between Middle Ages bubonic plague and modern COVID.\n\n Ten years of Massachusetts legislative gestation of MNAA \n Requirements of MNAA\ , UTSA and pending federal and uniform state act proposals \n Best prac tices of lawyers for employers and employees in counseling\, drafting and dispute resolution\n Supplemental forms of protecting trade secrets\, c onfidential information and goodwill without unduly restricting options of mobile professional and executive employees (both W-2 employees and 1099 deemed employees under the Massachusetts Independent Contractor Act)\n &ldquo\;Garden leave&rdquo\; payments for noncompetition and adequate alte rnatives\n Judges&rsquo\; options to assess compliance and flexibly fas hion remedies\; ADR alternatives\; monitoring\n Choice of law and venue \; TRO/PI\; spoliation\, discovery\, protective orders\n Nation-wide fe deral and states&rsquo\; approaches and prospects (statutory damages? Fede ral or state agency enforcement If any? 93A? FTC Act section 5\, 15 U.S.C. 45?)\n A win-win for employees and employers and for lawyers and judge s \n\n \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \; &nbs p\;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \ ;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;\n\n\nOnline registration is encour aged. For assistance\, questions on group discounts\, accommodations reque sts\, special billing\, program content\, out-of-state CLE credits\, and g eneral CLE information contact Michael Saporito by email at \;msaporit o@socialaw.com. Registrations accepted in order of receipt. Registration f ees are non-refundable. Most Social Law Library CLE events are recorded. T he recording is available by digital download\, generally within a week af ter the program date. Most downloads include print material and are $19.95 each. This product purchase is separate from CLE registration and is not included in the price of a CLE registration. CLE credit\, when applicable\ , is only granted when the live webinar is attended. DTEND:20220614T220000Z DTSTAMP:20240329T061303Z DTSTART:20220614T200000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Noncompetition Agreements in Massachusetts & Beyond-The Impact of t he Mass. Noncompetition Agreement Act & Mass. Adoption of the Uniform Trad e Secrets Act UID:RFCALITEM638472751832430653 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Date and
Time: Tuesday\, June 14\, 2022 from \;4:00 p.m. &ndash\; 6:0
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\nWebinar Fee: $50
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\nThomas J. Carey\, Esq.\, Boston College Law School
\, Hogan Lovells LLP
Karen Breda\, Esq.\, Boston College Law School
\nJerry Cohen\, Esq.\, Burns &am p\; Levinson LLP \;\, and JAMS\, Inc.\, Roger Williams Law School\, co -authors of Massachusetts Law Review article: &ldquo\;Employee Noncompetit ion Laws and Practices: A Massachusetts Paradigm Shift Goes National&rdquo \; (April 2022)
\nThe Massach usetts Noncompetition Agreement Act of 2018 (MNAA)\, effective prospective ly\, and now increasingly applicable\, \;creates a dramatic shift in e mployer controls of employees&rsquo\; mobility but preserves common law ro ots. \;It presents new challenges for counselors to employers a nd employees and has been a guide for reform in many other states. It was passed concurrently with Massachusetts&rsquo\;s adoption of the Uniform Tr ade Secrets Act (UTSA)\, bans noncompetition agreements for large classes of employees and creates protective of employee rules for remaining classe s\, and ends abusive practices but gives employers useful safe harbor stan dards. The Act is at the forefront of a nationwide reform movement and sho ws continuing vitality to the Brandeis expression of states as laboratorie s of democracy. There are also pending movements for federal intervention and a new proposed uniform restrictive agreements act for all states. The faculty panel will show the changed ground rules\, compliance measures\, r emaining questions and measures within MNAA\, UTSA and various IP systems for adequate protection of trade secrets\, confidential information and go odwill.
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\nOnline registration is encouraged. For assis
tance\, questions on group discounts\, accommodations requests\, special b
illing\, program content\, out-of-state CLE credits\, and general CLE info
rmation contact Michael Saporito by email at \;msaporito@socialaw.com. Registrations accepted in ord
er of receipt. Registration fees are non-refundable. Most Social Law Libra
ry CLE events are recorded. The recording is available by digital download
\, generally within a week after the program date. Most downloads include
print material and are $19.95 each. This product purchase is separate from
CLE registration and is not included in the price of a CLE registration.
CLE credit\, when applicable\, is only granted when the live webinar is at
tended.