NLRB Says Non-Competes Violate “Employee” Rights

NLRB Says Non-Competes Violate “Employee” Rights Tuesday, the General Counsel for the NLRB issued a memo to NLRB staff indicating that non-compete agreements violate rights protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, except in “limited circumstances.”  Just how limited?  We’ll discuss that below. This federal agency action comes following the well-publicized FTC…

Conservative Majority of SCOTUS Strips Protection for Those Discriminated Against Based on Race, Gender, and Disability

Conservative Majority of SCOTUS Strips Protection for Those Discriminated Against Based on Race, Gender, and Disability by Jim McCabe, jim@mccabe-lawfirm.com This past week, on April 28, the Supreme Court of the United States, in a majority opinion written by Justice Roberts and joined in by the conservative members of the Court, issued an opinion that…

$2.6 Million Wrongful Termination Case Settles with Knights of Columbus After Finding of “Bad Faith” Actions by Legal Team

$2.6 Million Wrongful Termination Case Settles with Knights of Columbus After Finding of “Bad Faith” Actions by Legal Team by Jim McCabe I am happy to report that we recently finalized a significant case on behalf of our client, Jose Martinez, who brought claims alleging wrongful termination against his former employer, the Knights of Columbus. …

Made the AJC!

Made the AJC! I spent the week with Bob Cheeley at the trial of one of the Georgia Southern nursing students who survived a wreck that took the lives of five nursing students. At trial, the truck driver provided no explanation of why he ran into two stopped cars full of 7 nursing students at…