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Early Attention May Improve the Bottom Line Posts emphasizing the need for companies to take unclaimed property laws seriously are increasingly common. Most of these articles, however, focus on the potential ills arising from lax unclaimed property law compliance. And justifiably so. The potential

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On April 20, North Dakota enacted a version of the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (2016), effective as of July 1, 2021.  The new law does not overhaul the state's general three year dormancy period (and therefore should not dramatically disrupt fall reporting), but does provide useful clarit

Courts and legislatures are increasingly taking a more skeptical look at non-compete agreements.  Agreements that likely would have been routinely enforced in the past are coming under close scrutiny.  As a result, employers are well advised to review their non-compete agreements to see if they are

Recently, a Connecticut Superior Court refused to enforce a non-compete agreement because the court concluded that the non-compete agreement was designed to prevent at-will employees from leaving for higher paying jobs with more opportunities with the employer’s competitor.  Seeking to prevent a com

On July 6, 2021, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed Public Act No.

Summary This article explores the history of Perini Corp. v. Greate Bay Hotel & Casino, Inc.

An increase in the likelihood of subcontractor insolvencies and bankruptcy petitions is but one of the economic impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has and will continue to have on the construction industry.  Therefore, prime contractors and construction managers should have some understanding of the comm

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently issued its opinion in Doull v.

Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“the Act”) Signed Into Law With Overwhelming Bi-partisan Support On March 2, 2021, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“the Act”) into law.  The Act, which takes effect on January 1, 2023, is the second state c

On February 3, 2021, the New Jersey Appellate Division compelled discovery of the source code of software used by a forensic expert in a criminal case, State v.

On January 12, the U.S.

On November 30, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed S5959, which significantly restricts the use of likenesses of deceased personalities and “digital replicas” of deceased entertainers, into law.[1]  The law has the potential to create valuable new assets that can significantly impact estate