James A. (Jim) Gale focuses his practice in the area of intellectual property counseling and litigation. He is a registered patent attorney with over 36 years of experience and is Chambers Band 1 ranked in Florida, Martindale AV Preeminentยฉ rated, Board Certified in Intellectual Property by the Florida Bar, an AAA Arbitrator and the former inaugural chair of the IP Board Certification Committee.
With a recent California high court ruling on how a state law affects business contracts, a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court and the impact of COVID-19, there are plenty of developments for employee mobility attorneys to watch out for in the home stretch of 2020. Here, Law360 looks at five issues worth keeping an eye on.
I think you're going to be seeing more mobility as a result of layoffs from COVID and that's going to give rise to an increase in enforcement of covenants not to compete.