Restraint clauses are a necessary item in most contracts with highly-placed employees and contractors. They set boundaries and protect the legitimate interests of a business. However, before you rush to enforce a restraint clause in a contract when one of your former...
If you run a business, it's probably no surprise that happy employees make for a better business. The power of happiness can manifest itself in productivity increases up to 12 percent. The power of unhappiness, however, may be even more profound. One disgruntled...
Florida businesses are suffering from an epidemic of lawsuits -- but they finally have access to a way to inoculate themselves. Now, someone just needs to spread the message so that more business owners know what to do. Drive-by lawsuits are costing companies...
While a sour, grumbling, resentful and endlessly aggrieved employee is often played for laughs in television and movies, they're real problems in the actual business world. Disgruntled employees make their co-workers think about looking for different jobs, slow down...
A company can't just turn over everything in its databases because they've been hit with a discovery order in a lawsuit. Only relevant information should be turned over in order to make certain that the company is both protected from unnecessary exposure and to keep...
Embezzlement is a type of monetary fraud and theft that's often hard to detect -- mostly because the people who do it are legally entitled to somehow access or control the funds in the first place. For example, you often hear about famous celebrities, like Sting,...
A little healthy competition never hurt anybody, right? Healthy competition between businesses can actually spur innovation, drive progress, open doors to choices for consumers and create all sorts of opportunities for positive growth. Unfair competition, on the other...
Malicious prosecution is something most people think about in terms of criminal charges and out-of-control prosecutors -- but it's also used to describe the actions of private individuals or companies as well. Sometimes, the term is used to describe opportunists who...
What's the difference between a healthy competition between rival companies and an unfair business practice called tortious interference? One promotes innovation and encourages a thriving market -- while the other can land you in an ugly lawsuit. Tortious Interference...
Are restraints of trade legal? It depends a lot on the circumstances. A restraint of trade is anything that interferes with the right of an individual to do business as he or she sees fit. Sometimes restraint of trade is not only legal but necessary to protect both...
