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FEBRUARY 13, 2023 On Jan. 5, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ('FTC') announced proposed rulemaking that would ban the use by employers of post-employment, non-compete agreements as a method [...]

The modern definition of a trade secret is that it protects any information that can be used in the operation of a business or other enterprise and that is valuable [...]

Mainzeal Property and Construction Limited (in liq) v Yan & Ors [2019] NZHC 255 When Mainzeal Property and Construction Limited (Mainzeal) collapsed in February 2013, it left behind a raft [...]

It is vital that ordinary people are made aware of the dangers of European monetary union, according to millionaire businessman Paul Sykes. He is willing to invest up to 20 million pounds sterling in a campaign to oppose UK membership of European monetary union, and has already founded the Democracy Movement, a protest group. He believes that abolishing the pound will lead to the collapse of the UK as a nation state, and rejects Chancellor Gordon Brown's claims that the euro does not challenge sovereignty.

The UK Conservative party has strongly criticized Chancellor Gordon Brown's 1998 pre-Budget report. Shadow Chancellor Francis Maude has claimed that the government is misguided in dismissing talk of an impending recession, given that recession is now being predicted by many respected independent forecasters. Conservative party leader William Hague has questioned whether Brown has really taken account of economic realities. The pre-Budget report has also been criticized by the Liberal Democrats.