JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS Society of Cosmetic Chemists • 966 Meetings The Society of Cosmetic Chemists will hold the following meetings in 1966: Date Meeting Location Program May 10, 1966 Semiannual Americana To be announced Hotel, New later York, N.Y. Sept. 20, 1966 Seminar Americana Pediatric Cos- Sept. 21, 1966 Hotel, New metics York, N.Y. Geriatric Cos- metics Perfume Psy- chology Cosmetic Safety Testing To be announced later Nov. 30, 1966 Semiannual and medal award dinner-dance Americana Hotel, New York, N.Y.

J. Soc. Cosmetic Chemists, 17, 93-101 (1966) Employment Contracts EUGENE M. BOND* Presented May •, 1965, New York Uity Synopsis The problem of employment contracts is examined from the point of view of legal and moral obligations on the part of employees and employers. Aspects of nondis- closure of trade secrets and of covenants not to work for a competitor after termination of employment are discussed in greater detail. Those who have never been troubled with employment contracts may doubt the need for concern with this subject. Recent develop- ments in this field of law have been rapidly taking place as a result of increased litigation, and today, no one can be sure that he will not, sooner or later, be confronted with the problem. As a result of this in- creased litigation, the law dealing with employment contracts has been transposed from a dormant issue to one very active and turbulent. Some of the recent revival of interest in employment contracts and concern for the resulting legal consequences may be attributed to various articles on the subject in popular technical (1) and trade publications (2). Management and technical personnel are now more aware of some of the delicate problems which may arise out of employment con- tracts. However, caution must be urged in the prevalent practice of advancing simple answers to involved questions, especially to ques- tions dealing with personalities and emotions, by simply applying gen- eral rules of law to particular factual situations. Therefore, although reference may be made to specific court cases to establish certain points of law, it must be realized at the outset that these cases are not the last word on the law, as a great many exceptions to the established rules are known to exist. * Member of the Bar of Virginia and the District of Columbia, 516 Federal Bar Building, Washington, D. C.