As has been explained in prior postings on this website, Georgia’s law governing restrictive covenants in employment agreements (covenants not to compete, not to solicit customers, not to use or disclose confidential information and not to solicit company personnel) has undergone major changes in the past several months. Georgia has gone from having the “rules” […]
Using Smart Phones in the Age of Electronic Discovery
In the days before the use of computers to store documents and the use of email to communicate became a way of life, conducting “discovery” – information gathering – during a lawsuit was fairly straightforward. A written request would be made for documents fitting a certain description; and junior attorneys and paralegals would sit in […]
Preserving Customer Lists in the Linked In Era
It is now common for people to maintain their professional contacts through Linked In and other social media. So what happens when a sales person uses Linked In rather than his or her employer’s marketing database to store customer contact information? Typically, a company will require key employees – such as those with responsibility for […]
Alternative Dispute Resolution Part 2: Arbitration
Part 1 of this series discussed mediation. This second part discusses arbitration, another dispute resolution method that provides an alternative to the traditional path of going to court to resolve a dispute. The chief difference between mediation and arbitration is that in mediation the parties work to reach a resolution of their differences on which […]
Alternative Dispute Resolution Part 1: Mediation
News reports and television dramas often make reference to mediation, but rarely explain what mediation means. And when there is an attempt to explain mediation, the explanation may not be accurate. So what is mediation? And why is it useful? Mediation is an effort to negotiate a settlement among two or more parties that have […]
Employment Basics for Small Businesses
Over the years, many start-up businesses have asked what they need to do to begin setting up their human relations policies. While small businesses often don’t have the wherewithal to develop detailed human relations policies – and almost certainly don’t have a full-time human relations director – some steps should be taken early on to […]
