Lane Powell PC

Many businesses ask employees to sign confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements to protect trade secrets and proprietary information. Likewise, when employment ends or when resolving workplace disputes, employees are often asked to sign agreements containing nondisclosure and nondisparagement clauses in exchange for severance.

Can a district court consider new arguments justifying claim denial that were not articulated in the initial claim denial or appeal? NO.

Many employers have adopted arbitration agreements to limit costly employment litigation, potential runaway juries, and workplace disputes that become tried in the court of public opinion.