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A truck driver, who injured his knee while performing a pre-employment job-function test during the hiring/orientation process, was an employee at the time of his injury for purposes of a workers’ compensation claim, held a Mississippi appellate...

Insurance is, by definition, a contract whereby the insurer, for consideration, agrees to defend or indemnify another against a contingent or unknown risk. For an insurance policy to exist, therefore, the person insured must pay the premium (the consideration...

by Jami K. Suver The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently ruled in Socko v. Mid-Atlantic Systems of CPA, Inc. , that non-compete agreements signed during employment are not enforceable unless the employer provides its employee additional consideration...

A couple of years ago, I blogged about a legal theory in a Legal Intelligencer article that would create enforceable noncompetes without any consideration. The premise was pretty simple, Pennsylvania has a law called the Uniform Written Obligations Act...