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Tag Archives: Joe Ahmad
Non-compete breach in business contract nets client $25.6M
My colleagues at AZA and I won a $25.6 million breach of contract jury verdict in Houston court this week in a non-compete case pitting AZA client doctors’ group Fondren Orthopedic Ltd. against healthcare giant HCA Healthcare. While the Federal … Continue reading
Posted in Litigation, Non-Competes
Tagged breach of contract, Joe Ahmad, jury trial, litigation, non-competes
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Northern District of Texas temporarily enjoins FTC from enforcing its non-compete ban
It’s not surprising that a federal court enjoined the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) non-compete ban. Many non-compete lawyers, including me, predicted that the FTC ban on worker non-compete agreements would be struck down. And the first court to rule on … Continue reading
Posted in Covenants Not to Compete, Non-Competes
Tagged covenant not to compete, FTC, Joe Ahmad, non-competes
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Whistleblower client helps government settle $15 million Baylor heart surgery Medicare fraud case
Working in concert with the federal government for five years, my law firm colleagues and I saw our whistleblower client receive $3 million of the $15 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging that Houston surgeons were letting unqualified trainees perform … Continue reading
Posted in False Claims Act, Qui Tam, Whistleblowers
Tagged False Claims Act, Joe Ahmad, Qui Tam, whistleblowers
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Tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch acquitted of defrauding HP; he was smart to testify
A San Francisco jury that heard three months of testimony unanimously acquitted Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch of 15 criminal charges of conspiracy and wire fraud over the 2011 sale of his company to Hewlett-Packard. The government charged that Lynch misrepresented … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Criminal Prosecutions, Litigation
Tagged CEO, Criminal Prosecutions, executives, Joe Ahmad
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Paxton and Succession – What if you are the coup target?
Though politics, in the more formal political party sense of the word, had a leading role in the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, there were definite similarities between that attempted takeover and what happens in the hit … Continue reading
Posted in Depositions, Legal, Litigation
Tagged Joe Ahmad, litigation
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FTC Non-Compete Rule Change Could Boost Wages and Innovation
In April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) closed comments on a proposed rule change that would drastically limit employers’ uses and abuses of non-compete agreements in employee contracts. When the FTC announced the proposed rule change its press release suggested … Continue reading
Posted in Non-Competes, Uncategorized
Tagged Joe Ahmad, noncompetes
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Unjust Accusations Against Doctor Highlight a Pervasive Prejudice
I’m proud to be able to help Dr. Hasan Gokal start down the road toward justice and begin putting his life back together. The damage he suffered to his reputation and the injustice he experienced shine a light on the … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate culture, Criminal Prosecutions, Discrimination
Tagged corporate culture, Discrimination, Dr. Hasan Gokal, Joe Ahmad
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Texas Appellate Court Goes the Extra Mile (literally) in Non-Compete Dispute, Expands Geographic Scope of Injunction
An appellate ruling from the Dallas Fifth Court of Appeals in January is an important read for those who closely follow Texas non-compete litigation. The opinion in Richard Gehrke and Pacific Companies Inc. v Merritt Hawkins and Associates is a rare example … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Confidential Information, Covenants Not to Compete, Trade Secrets
Tagged covenant not to compete, Joe Ahmad, non-compete agreements, trade secrets
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Treatment of Trump-Ukraine Informer Could Have Chilling Effect on Corporate Whistleblowers
Whistleblowers have a variety of understandable reasons for bravely coming forward – but winning a popularity contest is rarely one of them. After all, they are typically corporate or government insiders alleging fraud and wrongdoing, which tends to render them vulnerable … Continue reading
Posted in Dodd-Frank, Fiduciary Duty, Legal, Litigation, Sarbanes-Oxley, Whistleblowers
Tagged Dodd-Frank, Joe Ahmad, litigation, Sarbanes-Oxley, Trump Ukraine, whistleblowers, whistleblowing
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Backlash Builds for Noncompetes
For a generation of workers, noncompete agreements have steadily crept into more and more facets of the working world to the point that even low- and middle-wage earners are increasingly being asked to sign the agreements as a condition of … Continue reading
Posted in Covenants Not to Compete, Non-Competes, Restraint of trade, Retention agreements, Severance Packages, Uniform Trade Secrets Act
Tagged CEO, CEOs, covenant not to compete, employment, executive, executive compensation, executive contracts, Joe Ahmad, Joseph Ahmad, non-compete agreements, trade secret, trade secrets, Uniform Trade Secrets Act
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