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FTC Approves Final Rule, Would Ban Most Employment Non-compete Agreements

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted and approved the issuance of a final rule, the Non-Compete Clause Rule, that, if it goes into effect, will make future employment non-compete agreements unenforceable and will...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

FTC Votes to Ban Non-Compete Agreements

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In a Special Open Commission Meeting, the Federal Trade Commission voted to approve the final rule to ban non-compete agreements for for-profit businesses, the effective date of such ban being in 120-days....more

Holland & Knight LLP

FTC Moves to Ban Non-Competes: What Employers Need to Know Now

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule on Jan. 5, 2023, prohibiting non-competition clauses ("non-competes") in employment agreements. For purposes of the rule, non-compete provisions include explicit and de facto...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Importance of Understanding The Contractual Limits of Restrictive Covenants (Part II)

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In one of my first posts, entitled Restrictive Covenants: The Importance of Understanding Their Contractual Limits, I wrote about a First Department decision upholding a portion of Justice Andrea Masley’s Order enjoining a...more

Saiber LLC

SDNY Rules that Trump Campaign Non-Disclosure is too Broad to Enforce

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In another strike against restrictive covenants in employment contracts, Judge Paul G. Gardephe of the Southern District of New York ruled in Jessica Denson v. Donald J. Trump For President, Inc. that the non-disclosure and...more

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Are You in Compliance? Rhode Island and New Hampshire Restrict Noncompetition Agreements

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As 2020 approaches, employers in New England may want to review their noncompetition agreements to determine whether they comply with recently enacted laws in Rhode Island and New Hampshire. In 2019, both states passed laws...more

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Is Your Employee NDA Weak?

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We live in a world of “leaking” information and the automotive industry is not immune. Automotive companies go to great lengths to protect their confidential information (including innovations). But do they have the legal...more

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