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Employees Can Be Held Liable for Trade Practices Law Violations

Massachusetts SJC Rules That Employers May Hold Employees Liable for Violating Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Law Wednesday, April 21, 2021 On April 9, 2021, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that an employee may be liable to his or her employer under the Commonwealth’s unfair and deceptive trade practices statute which authorizes an award of double or treble damages for willful violations, as well as costs and attorneys’ fees for actions that the employee engaged in during the course of his or her employment. In  et al., No. SJC-12948, the Commonwealth’s highest court reversed a trial court’s determination that a jury could not consider actions that the defendant-employees had undertaken during their employment with the plaintiff in evaluating whether they had committed unfair or deceptive trade practices in violation of the statute by misappropriating their former employer’s research and administrative files. The decision provides em

Massachusetts SJC Rules That Employers May Hold Employees Liable For Violating Unfair And Deceptive Trade Practices Law - Employment and HR

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On April 9, 2021, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that an employee may be liable to his or her employer under the Commonwealth s unfair and deceptive trade practices statute-which authorizes an award of double or treble damages for willful violations, as well as costs and attorneys fees-for actions that the employee engaged in during the course of his or her employment. In et al., No. SJC-12948, the Commonwealth s highest court reversed a trial court s determination that a jury could not consider actions that the defendant-employees had undertaken during

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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On April 9, 2021, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that an employee may be liable to his or her employer under the Commonwealth’s unfair and deceptive trade practices statute which authorizes an award of double or treble damages for willful violations, as well as costs and attorneys’ fees for actions that the employee engaged in during the course of his or her employment. In et al., No. SJC-12948, the Commonwealth’s highest court reversed a trial court’s determination that a jury could not consider actions that the defendant-employees had undertaken during their employment with the plaintiff in evaluating whether they had committed unfair or deceptive trade practices in violation of the statute by misappropriating their former employer’s research and administrative files. The decision provides employers with a significant additional deterrent to, and remedy for, their employees’ theft of p

Departing lawyers who copied firm's databases may be liable for unfair business practices, top state court says

Law Firms Departing lawyers who copied firm’s databases may be liable for unfair business practices, top state court says   Image from Shutterstock.com. Departing lawyers who downloaded a “treasure trove” of proprietary materials from their Boston law firm may be liable for unfair or deceptive business practices, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The court ruled for the Governo Law Firm in its lawsuit against a group of nonequity partners who at first made an offer to buy Governo and then started practice at their new law a day after their offer was rejected. The lawyers had already incorporated the new law firm, CMBG3, and they used the downloaded materials in their practice, according to the court’s April 9 opinion.

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