Ford & Harrison LLP

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Ford & Harrison LLP is a national labor and employment law firm with more than 190+ attorneys, 21 offices and one vision - providing clients with sound legal advice, counseling and assistance. Since 1978, the firm has built a national practice representing employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, employee benefits, business immigration and litigation, including the defense of employers in jury trials. Working with in-house counsel, human resources professionals and other executives, Ford & Harrison partners with each of its clients to find cost-effective, long-term, practical results.

Labor And Employment; Employment Law Representing Employers; Employment Litigation; Discrimination; Harassment; Class Actions; Affirmative Action; Wrongful Termination; Wage And Hour Law; Ada; Fmla; Airline Labor Law; Labor Union Organizing; Collective Bargaining; Arbitration; Layoffs; Plant Closings; Mergers And Acquisitions; Restructurings; Employment Contracts; Trade Secrets; Employment Law; Business Torts; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Business Immigration; Employee Benefits; Multi-Employer Pension Plans; Workplace Safety; Workplace Violence.

Virginia Supreme Court Overturns Long-Standing Precedent on the Enforceability of Noncompetition Covenants in Employment Agreements
Jeffrey D. Mokotoff,Todd R. Seelman, February 8, 2012
Executive Summary: The Virginia Supreme Court recently struck down a noncompetition covenant contained in an employment agreement, overruling a 22-year-old precedent. Despite reasonable geographical and durational restrictions, the Court held that the noncompetition covenant was unenforceable...

Class-Action Antitrust Complaint Alleging an Unlawful Employer "No-Poaching" Conspiracy Appears to Have Survived a Motion to Dismiss
Todd R. Seelman, January 30, 2012
Executive Summary: At a hearing yesterday in San Jose, California, a federal district court judge indicated from the bench that antitrust claims alleging an "over-arching conspiracy" to fix and suppress employee compensation through interconnected employer "no-poaching"...

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