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Description: This program provides an update on the law, risks, and challenges in hiring top executives from the competition. We will provide a legislative update on the changing state law regarding non-compete agreements. We will cover some of the business trends we have been seeing and the legal and financial risks of those business strategies. We will touch on how the pandemic has highlighted some of the more difficult issues in placing valuable relationships and information in the hands of third parties. We will highlight cases we are watching in California and an interesting trend in the analysis courts apply to enforcing confidentiality agreements. We will close with some practical tips and tricks to help add value to the business and its talent acquisition and hiring strategies.
Presenter Bios
Leigh Ann Buziak represents clients in various types of business disputes, with a concentration in handling difficult employment and intellectual property issues. She concentrates her practice on drafting, negotiating, and litigating non-compete agreements, pursuing departing employees for misappropriation of trade secrets, and defending companies from accusations of the same. Leigh Ann also provides strategic advice and counsel in employment matters, litigation risks, and investigations. Leigh Ann has experience developing digital evidence, including forensic investigations. As the co-chair of the General Litigation Practice Group, Leigh Ann has responsibility for managing the workload and professional development of the Firm’s first-through-fifth-year litigation associates.
Leigh Ann was recognized by The Legal Intelligencer as an “unsung hero” for her pro bono work on a case involving attempts to expunge the criminal record of the first Pennsylvania citizen released from prison on the basis of after-acquired DNA evidence. During law school, Leigh Ann served as a legal intern for the Honorable Bruce I. Fox, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Jayme Butcher has built her practice helping clients in a wide variety of litigation matters, including:
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intellectual property issues, including misappropriation of trade secrets and non-competes
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employment issues, including discrimination and wrongful termination
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complex business issues, including breach of contract, fraud, and other business torts
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FINRA arbitrations
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Jayme has first chair experience in courts across the country and has also led commercial arbitrations at the American Arbitration Association and at FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Recognized by numerous Pittsburgh organizations for her professional excellence, Jayme helps clients reach their goals by developing clearly defined litigation strategies that complement clients’ broader business objectives. Consistent with that, Jayme routinely uses and proposes value billing arrangements tailored to fit each engagement, demonstrating that she is always mindful of the stated objective and achieving it in the most cost-effective manner.
Jayme was inducted into the Fellows Class of 2019 of the Allegheny County Bar Foundation. In 1996, the Foundation established the Fellows program as a formal means of recognizing and honoring attorneys who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in charitable, community, professional, and public service activities.
| Practice Areas: | | Business Organizations & Contracts | | Online Media Type: | | Audio | | Production Date: | | 02/25/2021 12:00 PM EST | | Level: | | Intermediate | | Category: | | Standard | | Duration: | | 1 Hours, 0 Minutes | | Online Format: | | Live | | Course Type: | | Public |
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| • | Jayme L. Butcher - Blank Rome LLP | • | Leigh Ann Buzniak, Esq. - Blank Rome LLP |
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