Law360 Noncompete Clauses Upsets Former Staffer
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Non-Compete Agreements Join Mandatory Arbitration Shake Downs
By Kyle Andrew Brown
New York, February 3 – Stephanie Russell-Kraft was asked to leave her law reporter job at New York-based Thomson Reuters Corp., after the company got notice from her former employer New York based Law360 that they held a non-compete agreement on her. Stephanie had worked there for two years as an entry level reporter.
“Noncompete agreements—common in computing and engineering jobs, where proprietary technology can be at stake—are spreading to other industries and stretching further down the corporate ladder,” says Wall Street Journal reporter Aruna Viswanatha. “Labor-law experts say some employers appear to be using them to prevent turnover among rookie employees they have spent time and money training. “
Law360 says it’s aware New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched an investigation into the practice. Aruna says New York court rulings have limited the use of noncompete agreements to safeguarding trade secrets and confidential customer lists.
When asked about Reuters treatment of Ms. Russell-Kraft they gave out the standard: We don’t comment on personnel matters.
The Wall Street Journal is choke full of Big Shot execs who move around from company to company. Entry level cub reporters may not get the same treatment at Reuters where journos come and go.
“In journalism, people move around a lot. Once you get into a beat, it’s hard to change what you write about; your career path is set for you,” says former Law360 staffer Dietrich Knauth. Now he’s at a newsletter writing about government contracting.
Ms. Russell-Kraft may find future reporting assignments in Ethics and Employment Law Litigation.
PHOTO: Kholood Eid / Wall Street Journal
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