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Is Your Non-Competition Agreement Enforceable?   By: Scott C. Baumbach Phone: (262) 956-6543 Fax: (262) 956-6565 Email: scbaumbach@mbf-law.com               When employers hire employees, oftentimes they do so knowing that the employee will learn certain secrets or acquire confidential information about the company, such as customer lists and marketing strategies, that could be used to compete against them at a later date.  In order to protect...

By Gregg Hoffmann VIROQUA – Standards and certification have become increasingly important as the organic agriculture industry has grown. The Midwest Organic Services Association is Wisconsin's largest organic certifying agency. Its location in the Vernon County town of Viroqua is not by coincidence. "Vernon County has more certified organic farms than any county in the country," said Dave Engel, the executive...

Phipps Center for the Arts,Hudson. You are invited to join other business and community leaders at Synergy 2004: Positioning for Economic Growth. This event is part of a multi-year West Central Wisconsin Synergy process to better position this region, it's communities, businesses, and residents for sustainable economic growth. For more information or to register contact UW-River Falls at (715)...

By Joanne M. Haas WisBusiness.com MADISON -- The Bush administration's expected move to intensify scrutiny on imports of Chinese clothing should not affect the export relationships initiated in that country by Wisconsin officials and business leaders during the late March trade mission, Gov. Jim Doyle said Tuesday. "I've been saying all along we want to export to China, but we need...