Jonathan Wall

City’s Renege On Economic Development Loan Insightful On Employment Issues

What does a case involving a city council’s refusal to go forward with an economic development loan have to do with employment law?  Plenty!  In Woods v.…

N.C. Court Of Appeals On Brink Of Slippery Non-Compete Slope

In Beverage Sys., LLC v. Associated Beverage Repair, LLC, 368 N.C. 693, 784 S.E.2d 457 (2016), the North Carolina Supreme Court clarified that North Carolina…

Fourth Circuit’s RLM Communications, LLC v. Tuschen Tackles Noncompetition and Trade Secret Misappropriation Issues

Noncompetition agreements (“non-competes”) present thorny issues.  In most cases, you have a former employee who has signed a black-and-white contract…