The Basics of a Bulletproof Non-Disclosure Agreement

By Melinda Garcia | Published April 18, 2017 | Posted in Employment Issues, NDA, Rights, Trade Secrets | Tagged Tags: employee, employer, Employment, NDA, Trade Secrets | Leave a comment

At Garcia & Gurney, ALC, our Pleasanton business attorneys routinely help corporations protect their intellectual property through the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA). While many business owners are aware that they need non-disclosure agreements when conducting business with anyone, they are not fully aware of what elements are necessary to render a non-disclosure agreement enforceable Read More

Employment Laws and Social Media in California

By Tod C. Gurney | Published January 6, 2017 | Posted in Discrimination, Employee Rights, Employment Law, First Amendment, Protected Rights, Social Media | Tagged Tags: employee, Employment, First Amendment Right, Labor law, Social media | Leave a comment

Individuals find themselves in hot water all the time over what they post on social media. For some, their posts go so far as to get them arrested; for others, their social media posts merely get them fired. For instance, there was the “Bad Teacher” who tweeted about being “Naked. Wet. [And] Stoned.” While she Read More

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