Category: Employment law

Negotiate in odd numbers

An interesting article in Scientific American called Why Things Cost $19.95 investigates whether or not the common merchant tactic of listing a price as $19.95 rather than $20.00 is really effective. Read a snipit of the article below and learn how this impacts the practice of law. “Why Things Cost $19.95” Article There were three scenarios […]

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Favorable Decision on Appeal Argued by HCPP

Bradley Coxe argued before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in February, asking that court to uphold the District Court who had denied a summary judgment to Defendants. In their decision on May 30, the Court of Appeals reversed one claim but upheld the rest. http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/171847.P.pdf

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Damages for Non-Compete Clauses

I’ve written before about non-compete clauses, particularly for employment contracts. Basically, the law allows for an agreement in an employment contract or contract for the sale of a business to limit that employee or former employee from competing with their former employer. As long as the competition is reasonably restricted as to how long it […]

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A motion for amotion

In New Hanover County, local politics has taken an interesting turn since the election of Brian Berger to the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners in 2010. Since that time he had clashed with other members of the Board and been accused of harassing staff and odd behavior. After an incident where he attempted to […]

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Covenants Not to Compete

Most people in North Carolina are employed as an at-will employee without a contract. Therefore, those people can be fired for nearly any reason, and can likewise quit for any reason (the “two week notice” is a courtesy, not a legal requirement). When employers do commit themselves to an employment contract, one of the clauses […]

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Can they fire me for that!?!

Happy Labor Day!  In honor of the holiday, I thought I would write briefly about what claims an employee has when he gets fired.  Having a claim for getting illegally fired, or "wrongfully terminated" is difficult in North Carolina as it is a "right to work" state.  The basic concept of all employment in North […]

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