Gunster’s VentureBuzz (June 2016)

Here is your June 2016 roundup of recent significant events in the worlds of technology, entrepreneurship, startups and venture capital investing in Florida and beyond.


New rights, obligations for U.S. employers: Defend Trade Secrets Act

Gunster’s labor & employment law team invites you to attend “The Defend Trade Secrets Act: New rights and obligations for U.S. employers,” a free, 90-minute webinar presented by the Employment Law Alliance on June 21. Protecting trade secrets and other intellectual property is a key issue for employers. Unlike patents, no federal law existed to […]




Changes to overtime rules effective Dec. 1

The Department of Labor released its updated changes to 2004 regulations regarding overtime in its final rule. The DOL estimates that 4.2 million workers will lose their exempt status when the rule goes into effect December 1, 2016.


Rulemaking begins for Florida waters

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection began to update water quality criteria to meet “human health criteria”, which will limit the amount of the chemicals that can be discharged into waters across the state.


When nondisclosure agreements can backfire

In business, we’ve all seen the traditional nondisclosure agreement (also known, more simply, as the “NDA”) between two parties wishing to discuss a potential business transaction.


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