What happens when an employee signs a noncompete agreement and then leaves to strike out on her own? This week on our Uncommon Law podcast, we’ll look at one hair salon to see how noncompete agreements often play out in the real world.

Damian P. Ridealgh has joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a partner with the US finance practice in New York, the firm said Wednesday.

Sequoia Capital’s plan to split itself into three separate regional firms represents a major shift at one the world’s foremost venture capital firms. The dramatic move may insulate Sequoia from pending regulation, but it’s also a signal that ties to China are a growing liability in Silicon Valley.

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President Joe Biden intends to nominate two federal trial court judges in Louisiana, including the first person of color ever to sit in the state’s Western District, the White House announced Wednesday.

The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia-backed challenger LIV Golf avoided calling their proposed partnership a merger. But their shock announcement is already raising serious concerns with US and European antitrust enforcers, according to people familiar with the matter.

Alabama is poised to exempt hourly workers’ overtime pay from the state income tax, under a first-of-its-kind measure that supporters say could help address the workforce shortage.

What happens when an employee signs a noncompete agreement and then leaves to strike out on her own? This week on our Uncommon Law podcast, we’ll look at one hair salon to see how noncompete agreements often play out in the real world.

Laid-off Northrop Grumman Corp. workers who say they were wrongly denied severance benefits lost their bid to have the Seventh Circuit rethink part of its recent decision rejecting their lawsuit.

Pablo Di Si played club soccer in his native Argentina before coming to the US at age 17 on a college scholarship. His position: defensive midfielder, or, in his words, “the one who doesn’t allow the ball to go through.” As CEO and president of Volkswagen Group of America, Di Si, 53, has now shifted to playing offense, leading the company’s push to double its share of the electric-vehicle market in the US. He’s also looking to boost women in management roles to 30% by 2030 (it’s at 26% now), and improve the job experience for factory workers at its non-unionized plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The biggest shipping gateways on the US West Coast are enduring the longest labor-related disruptions since 2015 as talks between port employers and dockworkers close in on one year without a contract.

Legal experts say some health insurers may stop full coverage of HIV-prevention services should a federal judge’s recent decision stand. That, activists warn, could prove disastrous given preventive services’ key role in stopping the spread of HIV.

Alabama is poised to exempt hourly workers’ overtime pay from the state income tax, under a first-of-its-kind measure that supporters say could help address the workforce shortage.

Read more: Ron Wyden responds to Harlan Crow. Jason Smith’s bill would extend taxes to fund Airport and Airway Trust Fund. Republicans Steel and Malliotakis seek to expand standard deduction.

Akerman’s Joshua Hamlet examines the IRS’s delay in issuing employee retention credit refunds and reviews eligibility tests for the refund.

A bout of Bitcoin turbulence caused by US Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuits against key crypto exchanges may be a precursor to short-term gains in the token, if history is any guide.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has warned the UK government it has “little fiscal space” for giveaways in comments that may dampen hopes for tax cuts before the next election.

Singapore’s latest property tax — now one of the highest among global markets — has dented foreign demand. Foreign buyers bought 57 private apartments in May, down 50% from April, according to Savills Singapore’s analysis of data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority.

Italy is preparing restrictions on Pirelli SpA’s top shareholder, China’s Sinochem, including limits to its say over company roles and veto powers for Italian investors.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV’s ex-head of finance in Europe said he knew about sham deals at the retailer and intends to give German prosecutors more evidence to bolster their case, making him the first person connected to scandal-hit firm to admit to such wrongdoing.

Comcast Corporation shareholders on Wednesday voted against proposals calling for a report on political spending and changes to its greenhouse gas emissions targets.

888 Holdings Plc, the owner of British betting chain William Hill, soared to the highest level in more than four months after a group of gambling industry veterans began pushing for changes at the bookmaker.

The California Privacy Protection Agency is set to craft regulations around key compliance standards to ensure businesses are processing and storing consumers’ personal data lawfully.

Equal Justice Works CEO Verna Williams says law firms should take more steps to directly invest in public interest lawyers. It’s critical to creating lasting change for communities and our justice system, she writes.