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EPA Loses -- Unanimously -- In Sackett: How Broadly Does It Sweep?

Seth Jaffe
March 21, 2012 21:54

For once, speculation about oral argument proved solid. The Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling today in Sackett v. EPA means that EPA must allow judicial review of enforcement orders issued pursuant to its authority under the Clean Water Act. The question now is what the true scope of...

Middlesex Superior Court Not Persuaded by Estoppel Argument in Non-Compete Case

Foley Hoag
March 20, 2012 15:00

A recent case decided in the Middlesex County Superior Court illustrates how not every claim of generalized “unfairness” will be sufficient to avoid enforcement of a non-competition agreement. In A.R.S. Services, Inc. v. Baker, the defendant employee worked for A.R.S. Services, a...

New Case Highlights Split of Authority Interpreting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Foley Hoag
March 19, 2012 13:32

Below is a cross-post with the Security, Privacy and the Law blog. Employers increasingly are suing former employees who have left to join or form competing companies using the civil remedies available under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), 18 U.S.C. § 1030. They use...

New Case Highlights Split of Authority Interpreting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Foley Hoag
March 18, 2012 23:43

by Brian P. Bialis             Employers increasingly are suing former employees who have left to join or form competing companies using the civil remedies available under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), 18 U.S.C....

Phyisican Medical Identify Theft -- A Growing Problem?

Foley Hoag
March 18, 2012 23:35

A recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association takes on the issue of physician medical identify theft; here's the abstract:  It took several months for one physician to learn that she was a victim of medical identity theft. This realization occurred after patients reported...