http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/07/28/massachusetts-has-one-foot-in-the-21st-century-one-foot-in-the-18th-says-attorney-general-coakley/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/07/28/massachusetts-has-one-foot-in-the-21st-century-one-foot-in-the-18th-says-attorney-general-coakley/comment-page-1/#comment-81029 Peter Griffin Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:24:51 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=35410#comment-81029 The spirit of Massachusetts is the spirit of America, the spirit of what's old and what's new! The spirit of Massachusetts is the spirit of America, the spirit of what’s old and what’s new!

]]> http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/07/28/massachusetts-has-one-foot-in-the-21st-century-one-foot-in-the-18th-says-attorney-general-coakley/comment-page-1/#comment-72551 Massachusetts Noncompete Debate – A New Voice « Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:30:32 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=35410#comment-72551 [...] Yesterday, the Massachusetts Governor’s Office weighed in through Secretary Gregory Bialecki of the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development.  Secretary Bialecki’s opinion is, in short, that it would be both premature and the economic climate to make changes in the law.  His comments are available here.  In contrast, Massachusetts Attorney General, Martha Coakley, is reported to have taken a contrary position, noting that Massachusetts noncompete law is “fairly strict” and “has not been upgraded or changed probably since the 1970s, and some of what it does in terms of restrictions on employment was not contemplated for today’s climate.”  (Report here.)  [...] [...] Yesterday, the Massachusetts Governor’s Office weighed in through Secretary Gregory Bialecki of the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development.  Secretary Bialecki’s opinion is, in short, that it would be both premature and the economic climate to make changes in the law.  His comments are available here.  In contrast, Massachusetts Attorney General, Martha Coakley, is reported to have taken a contrary position, noting that Massachusetts noncompete law is “fairly strict” and “has not been upgraded or changed probably since the 1970s, and some of what it does in terms of restrictions on employment was not contemplated for today’s climate.”  (Report here.)  [...]

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