Business Law News & Resources

With the Supreme Court recently granting marriage rights to same-sex couples, many new legal questions have arisen regarding the interplay between religious freedoms and anti-discrimination laws in the workplace. On July 23, 2015, the Equality Act (S.1858/H.R.31185) was introduced by 205 Senate and House Democrats. The Act is intended to amend the 1964 Civil Rights…

North Carolina’s only statutory provision directly addressing non-compete agreements requires that any contract limiting a person’s right to do business anywhere in the state must be in writing and signed.1 This statute, however, does not directly address when these types of agreements are a permissible restraint on trade. Like most other states, North Carolina courts have…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds employers that beginning today they must use the revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Revision 03/08/13)N for all new hires and reverifications. All employers are required to complete and retain a Form I-9 for each employee hired to work in the United States. The revision date…