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What Constitutes a Material Breach of An Employment Contract
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May 26, 2016
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Posted by
Donald Keavany | - Business Law
On February 4, 2016, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled in EventMonitor, Inc. v. Leness that an employee’s copying and retention of his employer’s proprietary information was a breach, but not a material breach, of his employment contract, and thus did not constitute grounds to terminate the employee for cause or stop severance payments to the employee. This case will have a significant impact on the employment law field and serves as an important lesson to all Massachusetts employers.
