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Top Developments in Trade Secret Law

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In the ever-evolving landscape of intellectual property law, trade secrets have emerged as a crucial area of focus, particularly in light of recent uncertainties as to the enforceability of non-competes. Since August 2023,...more

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Trade Secret Protection Plans Provide Certainty to Employers

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Baker Donelson recently published an article called "The End of Non-Competition Agreements? Not so Fast!" The article summarizes the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) final rule prohibiting most employers from binding the...more

Buchalter

Pivot, Don’t Panic: How Employers Should Respond to the FTC’s Ban on Non-Compete Agreements

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission approved and issued its final rule effectively banning employers’ use of non-compete agreements (subject to very few exceptions). The rule becomes effective 120 days after...more

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FTC Issues Final Rule Banning (Almost All) Non-Compete Agreements

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On May 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Final Rule that renders invalid non-compete clauses in standard employment agreements. 16 C.F.R. § 910. Although some limited exceptions apply, this new regulation...more

Fish & Richardson

What the FTC’s Ban on Noncompete Agreements Means for Trade Secrets

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On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule that would ban the use of noncompete agreements in most employment contracts nationwide. Hailed by the Commission as a measure to promote competition,...more

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FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission voted in favor of issuing a Final Rule banning non-compete agreements, declaring them an unfair method of competition.  The Final Rule will go into effect 120 days after being...more

ArentFox Schiff

How to Respond to Employee Questions about the FTC’s Noncompete Ban (As a Company that Uses Noncompetes)

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As discussed in our recent alerts, the final rule would bar employers from entering into and enforcing noncompetes with most workers. ArentFox Schiff’s Trade Secrets, Noncompetes & Employee Mobility Team has been...more

Miller Canfield

Business Groups Challenge New FTC Rule Prohibiting Noncompete Agreements

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On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission adopted a near-total ban on noncompete agreements, with limited exceptions. The following day, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups sued, seeking to block the rule...more

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EPA Revises its FOIA Regulations

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The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule June 26, 2019, revising the agency’s Freedom of Information Act regulations. According to EPA, those regulations, last updated in 2002, required revision to comply with...more

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CBP Expands Information Sharing Procedures to Help Detect Counterfeit Merchandise

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Effective October 19, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) implemented a final rule expanding CBP’s information sharing procedures with importers and trademark owners with respect to merchandise suspected of bearing...more

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