{"id":161684,"date":"2026-08-27T21:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/27\/litigation-trends-to-watch-suits-strike-at-moonlighting-bans-made-with-avocado-oil-claims-and-employee-background-checks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T21:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:28:21","slug":"litigation-trends-to-watch-suits-strike-at-moonlighting-bans-made-with-avocado-oil-claims-and-employee-background-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/27\/litigation-trends-to-watch-suits-strike-at-moonlighting-bans-made-with-avocado-oil-claims-and-employee-background-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Litigation Trends to Watch: Suits Strike at Moonlighting Bans, &#8216;Made With Avocado Oil&#8217; Claims and Employee Background Checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Employment cases are piling up over claims that &#8220;anti-moonlighting&#8221; clauses violate Washington law.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/968380175\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/968380175\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/968380175\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/968380175\/law\/legal-news%2Chttps%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F33%2F36%2F7fc347214e1ea1b6a4dacccab3b8%2Fjump-245515095-jpeg767x505.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Stumble This\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/968380175\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Post to X.com\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/968380175\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Subscribe by RSS\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/968380175\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Employment cases are piling up over claims that &#8220;anti-moonlighting&#8221; 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