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  • Texas Adopts Uniform Trade Secrets Act

    Date:
    08 May 2013

    Effective September 1, 2013, Texas employers will have a more consistent and predictable legal framework for protecting their trade secrets. Texas has adopted the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA).

  • New Virginia Law Protects Employees' Personal Identifying Information

    Date:
    08 April 2013

    Effective July 1, 2013, Virginia employers will be prohibited from releasing or communicating any personal identifying information of any current or former employee to a third party unless required by a court order, by a warrant or by subpoena in a civil or criminal case. 2012 Bill Text VA H.B. 1931.

  • Tennessee Governor Signs Guns in Parking Lot Law

    Date:
    18 March 2013

    Starting on July 1, 2013, business owners in Tennessee will not be able to keep guns out of their parking lots if certain conditions are met.

  • Massachusetts Governor Signs Social Worker Safety in the Workforce Legislation

    Date:
    15 March 2013

    Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick recently signed a bill that will require direct service providers who receive funding from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide workplace violence prevention and crisis response plans.

  • South Dakota Teachers Can Bear Arms

    Date:
    14 March 2013

    As a controversial response to recent acts of school violence, South Dakota is now the first state to pass a bill making it legal for teachers to carry guns in the classroom.

  • Washington May Be Gridlocked, but States Are Not, Attorney Says

    Date:
    12 March 2013

    Duane Morris partner Jonathan A. Segal discusses new employment bills under consideration in state legislatures from coast to coast.

  • New California Laws Affecting Private Employers in 2013

    Date:
    25 January 2013

    In 2012, California Governor Jerry Brown signed 876 bills into law - several of which directly impact employers and HR professionals in the Golden State. To help understand California's most significant new employment laws and what HR must do to comply, XpertHR is sponsoring a free webcast on January 31, 2013 by XpertHR contributors Chris Cobey and Matt Ruggles of Littler Mendelson, PC, the largest labor and employment law firm in the world that exclusively represents management.

  • Obama's Second Inaugural Address Provides Insight into Presidential Agenda Affecting HR

    Date:
    23 January 2013

    In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama provided America with some insights into his beliefs and his agenda, which will significantly affect today's workplace. Fittingly scheduled on a day that honored the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Obama highlighted the progress of the nation when it comes to civil rights and fulfilling the words of the Constitution and our Founding Fathers.

  • New Federal Law Increases Penalties for Trade Secret Theft That Benefits Foreign Governments

    Date:
    16 January 2013

    On January 14, 2013, President Obama signed the Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012. The new amendments to the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (EEA) increase existing penalties for trade secret theft.

  • US Senate Increases Trade Secret Protections By Passing TTSCA

    Date:
    06 December 2012

    The newly passed TTSCA will extend trade secret protections to information or products that are used or intended to be used in interstate commerce. This expands the previous standard of only protecting products produced for interstate commerce and was the result of a recent court case.

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