On Thursday, January 19 at 10 am Eastern, Boston partner Dawn Mertineit is presenting a webinar for the Federal Bar Association and myLawCLE. The “Drafting and Enforcing Restrictive Covenants in Multiple Jurisdictions” webinar covers best practices and key tips for businesses with employees in multiple jurisdictions, from drafting restrictive covenants agreements, implementing a plan to roll those agreements out, and enforcing those agreements should an employee breach them .

Key topics include:

• Whether to use a single agreement for various jurisdictions, or multiple different agreements
• Which states have a choice of law or forum provisions to be aware of
• Which

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — There are new details on the woman who was injured in a car crash involving Bakersfield police officers Thursday morning.

The Chain, Cohn, and Clark law firm released a statement saying 34-year-old Ana Hernandez was getting a ride home from work at Grimmway Farms when the crash happened and that she is an innocent bystander.

They went on to say in part “as a law firm that has been involved in these types of cases in the past through our representation of other victims involved in tragic motor vehicle collisions with law enforcement we can state

This post was originally published on Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill blog.

Ransomware attacks have become one of the most common and pervasive cybercrimes perpetrated against US companies. A bad actor, often from overseas, will gain access to upload malware onto a company’s network storage or application platforms that encrypt all files it can access. A message or text file is usually left with instructions on how to contact the attacker to pay a ransom for the decryption key. In the worst case, a ransomware attack can freeze the business operations by effectively removing access to the company’s critical systems

The FTC’s proposed rule banning non-competes with employees and workers has now been published in the Federal Register.

The rule would provide that non-compete clauses are an unfair method of competition and as a result, the rule would ban employers from entering non-compete clauses with their employees and workers (defined by the FTC to include independent contractors and others). The rule would require employers to accept existing non-compete clauses with workers and actively inform their employees that the contracts are no longer in effect. The rule would include a limited exception for non-compete clauses between the seller and buyer of