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Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks to Your Company’s Confidential Information from Exiting Employees [Webinar Recording]

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On Thursday, February 15, 2024, Kara M. Maciel and Darius Rohani-Shukla presented a webinar covering Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks to Your Company’s Confidential Information from Exiting Employees.

In the modern workplace, keeping track of proprietary information and ensuring its confidentiality has become significantly more challenging due to the prevalence of remote employees, cloud computing, and the comingling of personal and company devices that can access company information. Employers who are not conscientious about maintaining the confidentiality of their proprietary information can threaten the viability of their business moving forward. Exiting employees can more easily than ever attempt to take company information with them, delete essential company documents, or even try to publish proprietary documents in an attempt to destroy their former employer’s competitive advantage.

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[Webinar] Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks to Your Company’s Confidential Information from Exiting Employees

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On Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 1 p.m. EST, join Kara M. Maciel and Darius Rohani-Shukla for a webinar to cover Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks to Your Company’s Confidential Information from Exiting Employees.

In the modern workplace, keeping track of proprietary information and ensuring its confidentiality has become significantly more challenging due to the prevalence of remote employees, cloud computing, and the comingling of personal and company devices that can access company information. Employers who are not conscientious about maintaining the confidentiality of their proprietary information can threaten the viability of their business moving forward. Exiting employees can more easily than ever attempt to take company information with them, delete essential company documents, or even try to publish proprietary documents in an attempt to destroy their former employer’s competitive advantage.

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FTC Moves to Ban the Use of Noncompete Agreements by All Employers

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By Kara M. Maciel and Samuel S. Rose

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for its proposed rule that would essentially prohibit employers from entering into noncompete agreements with any employee, independent contractors, interns, volunteers, and other types of workers. The FTC’s self-described mission is “protecting the public from deceptive or unfair business practices and from unfair methods of competition through law enforcement, advocacy, research, and education.” This proposed rule is the latest example of the FTC, under the direction of Chair Lina Khan, attempting to control corporate power and influence. Since Khan took over control of the agency in June 2021, the FTC has challenged the Microsoft-Activision merger, worked with the Justice Department to force Epic Games Inc., developer of the popular video game Fortnite, to agree to massive privacy law violation penalties, and filed a lawsuit to block Meta from buying a virtual reality start-up.

Generally, noncompete agreements prevent an employee from joining a competitor or starting a competitive business for a specified period of time. Often, noncompete agreements are limited to a geographic area.  Many states regulate noncompete agreements in a variety of ways, including through income levels and notice requirements, but this new federal rule would supersede any state or local law that expressly allows for such restrictions.

The FTC estimates that approximately 30 million people are bound by noncompete agreements. Continue reading →

A Chat with EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling: Artificial Intelligence in the Workforce in 2022 and Beyond [Recording]

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​On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, Kara Maciel and Jordan Schwartz presented a very special bonus event in Conn Maciel Carey’s 2022 Labor and Employment Webinar Series in the form of a panel webinar program regarding The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Workforce in 2022 and Beyond.

Presented by
Conn Maciel Carey LLP with Special Guest
EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling

On May 12, 2022, the EEOC issued a Technical Assistance (“TA”) document entitled, “The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Use of Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence to Assess Job Applicants and Employees” focused on providing “clarity to the public regarding existing requirements” under the ADA and agency policy. This is the first guidance document the EEOC has issued regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in employment decision-making since announcing its Al Initiative in October 2021.

It’s no secret that more employers have turned to AI to enhance their work processes over the years. An estimated 83% of employers have Continue reading →