Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P.

Really enjoyed presenting yesterday for Lawline on Religion at Work: A Conflict of Rights - Part I: The Scope of Religion. Part II will be on January 14, 2025 at 11a cst covering Religious Accommodation and Religious Harassment at Work. Be watching their site and ours for registration details.

Boulette Golden and Marin partner, Jason Boulette, is presenting today at the Texas Health Law Conference, provided by the Health Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. Topics covered include key employment law developments from 2024 as well as trends expected in 2025 such as union activity and organization, strategies for navigating through the FTC’s proposed ban on noncompetes, DEI initiatives after SFFA v. Harvard and the new understanding of religious accommodation after Groff v. DeJoy. https://ow.ly/4OSR50TGesq

The 2024 Texas Super Lawyer list was recently released and Boulette Golden & Marin is delighted to have Laura Merritt, Ann Price, Carolyn Gutierrez Bartelli, Tanya DeMent, Jason Boulette and Mike Marin named once again. To read more, visit this release - https://ow.ly/bsSV50TzkmJ

The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® was just published and Boulette Golden & Marin is thrilled to share we have 5 attorneys named once again. Partners Laura Merritt, Ann Price, Jason Boulette and Michael Marin were named Best Lawyers as was Associate Tanya DeMent. Additionally, Jason Boulette was named #LawyeroftheYear in Labor Law-Management. You can see the listing of our #BestLawyer attorneys and more about the awards here - https://ow.ly/svY150T1hoh

Boulette Golden & Marin partners Laura Merritt, Carolyn Gutierrez Bartelli and Jason Boulette have been named Top Attorneys by Austin Monthly and are recognized in the July/August issue. Merritt and Boulette were listed for Labor & Employment and Gutierrez Bartelli was listed for Immigration. Congrats on this recognition!

Boulette Golden & Marin partners, Laura Merritt and Jason Boulette, are presenting today to attendees of the Labor & Employment Law Conference hosted by The University of Texas School of Law. Laura will present on disability discrimination and accommodation and Jason will present on ethical obligations of attorneys as officers of the court.

Boulette Golden & Marin partner, Jason Boulette, presented today at the 46th Annual UT Law Corporate Counsel Institute. Titled "The Current State of Non-Competes: Are They Still Enforceable?", Jason's presentation explored the rising tide of opposition at the federal level to the enforcement of covenants not to compete. He gave particular focus to the recent moves by the FTC and the NLRB to outright ban (or at least sharply curtail) the use of restrictive covenants and he shared practical alternatives to non-competes available to businesses.

The FTC just published its final rule banning non-competes in the United States. The Rule, which will go into effect in 120 days (absent an injunction), makes it an unfair method of competition to: >Enter or attempt to enter a non-compete >Enforce or attempt to enforce a non-compete >Represent a worker is subject to a non-compete clause The Final Rule revises the scope of non-compete to include forfeiture provisions but to exclude (in most cases) non-solicitation and non-disclosure provisions. The Final Rule also requires notice to each employee subject to a non-compete covered by the Rule’s prohibition on enforcement affirmatively stating the non-compete cannot and will not be enforced. For a full brief and links to the FTC Ruling, visit our blog post here - https://ow.ly/SlBq50RnsW9

Boulette Golden & Marin partner, Steven Garrett, is presenting this afternoon to attendees of the 41st Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute hosted by UT Law CLE. He will be covering many of the employment issues facing non-profit organizations, including employee compensation and competition, unionization, and the role of AI tools. https://ow.ly/ooCw50QzFsc

Last Call for Early Bird pricing! The University of Texas School of Law’s 46th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute is on May 9-10, 2024. This is THE conference for in-house counsel and outside counsel who represent companies of all sizes. The early bird special for registration ends TODAY! Register now! https://ow.ly/4U0Y50QxoRs