by Staff of the Firm | Sep 29, 2016 | Business Management, Texas Law Update, Texas Non-Competes, Uncategorized
For a non-compete/non-solicit to be enforceable under Texas law, it must be reasonable as to time, geographic area, and scope of activity. Needless to say, it is a fact-specific inquiry and there is no one-size-fits-all answer. Generally speaking, however, a...
by Staff of the Firm | Sep 22, 2016 | Business Management, Texas Law Update, Texas Non-Competes, Uncategorized
In our previous blog series “Covenant Not To Compete When Buying or Selling a Business,” we looked at several state laws governing covenants not to compete in the context of buying or selling a business. This time, we will look at Texas law in depth, focusing on...
by Staff of the Firm | May 5, 2016 | Business Management, California Law Update, Uncategorized
This is the second in a two-part blog on Cotter v. Lyft, a California case involving misclassification of drivers. Read about the “whys” of the case in our first post, Employee or Independent Contractor? That Is the Question. In the settlement agreement, Lyft agreed...
by Staff of the Firm | Apr 28, 2016 | Business Management, California Law Update, Uncategorized
As part of our previous blog series titled Uber and Lyft Drivers Might Be Employees, Not Independent Contractors, Under California Law, we wrote about Cotter v. Lyft, a California case involving claims of misclassified drivers.[1] At the heart of this case was the...
by Staff of the Firm | Sep 10, 2015 | Business Management, California Law Update, Uncategorized
Cotter v. Lyft. In Cotter v. Lyft, a district court case involving similar facts as in Berwick v. Uber, the court acknowledged at the outset that Lyft drivers didn’t seem much like employees or independent contractors.[1] On one hand, the court noted, Lyft drivers,...
