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Associations at Odds Over Proposed Massachusetts Ban on Noncompete Clauses

Associations Now

61 % The increase in court decisions regarding noncompete agreements between 2002 and 2012, according to a study conducted for the Wall Street Journal by the law firm Beck Reed Riden LLP. As Patrick’s plan has drawn attention, so have examples of noncompete agreements turning up in unlikely situations. Clauses in Unlikely Places.

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Moneyball and Management Innovation

Jamie Notter

There are numerous examples of companies who do it radically different AND are radically successful (W.L. At the end of the 2002 season the Boston Red Sox offered Billy Beane a job. And the more I look, the more I find evidence that our management practices are actually getting in the way of success.