Terri Chase

Nov 9, 2024 | wfmz.com | Terri Chase

Fire officials report they have been able to prevent the fire from reaching homes near the blaze, but will be working to control the fire and monitoring hot spots for several days.

Apr 30, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Rick Bergstrom |Terri Chase |Aimee DeFilippo

This week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 along party lines to finalize a rule that bans noncompete clauses in employment agreements as a per se illegal “unfair method of competition” (“UMC”) under Section 5 of the FTC Act. The Chamber of Commerce and others already have filed lawsuits seeking to invalidate the rule, and those lawsuits could result in a stay of the rule as the cases proceed.

Jan 29, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Jennifer Bennett |Rick Bergstrom |Terri Chase

On January 5, 2023, President Biden signed the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2022 (“PAIPA”) into law. PAIPA requires that the President submit an annual report identifying and describing any “significant trade secret theft” by a foreign person or entity against a U.S. person or entity. PAIPA also requires that the President impose sanctions on certain offenders, but allows the President to choose from an enumerated list of specific sanctions.

Apr 6, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Aaron Agenbroad |Wendy Butler |Terri Chase

In ShortThe Situation: On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ("PWFA") and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act ("PUMP Act") into law. The Result: These two new laws expand workplace protections for pregnant and nursing workers. The PWFA takes effect on June 27, 2023, while remedies for PUMP Act violations take effect April 28, 2023.