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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The FTC Non-Compete Rule – It’s Finally Here (Almost)!

On April 16, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that, next Tuesday, April 23, it will be releasing the final version of its proposed rule largely prohibiting employee non-competition restrictions. See FTC...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Red Pencil, Blue Pencil, or Something In Between? Ohio Court of Appeals Declines to Modify Overbroad Non-Competition Agreement

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Ohio has long recognized the enforceability of non-compete agreements. Broadly speaking, a court can do one of three things with an unenforceable non-compete agreement: (1) the court can apply the “red pencil” doctrine and...more

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Will Illinois Amend the Illinois Freedom to Work Act to Further Limit the Enforceability of Noncompete and Non-Solicitation...

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On January 1, 2022, amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act, 820 ILCS 90/1, et seq. (the “Act”), became effective, trumpeting reforms and limitations on an employer’s ability to enter into covenants not to compete and...more

Ius Laboris

Immigration and Global Mobility Update No. 34, February 2024

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Several times a year, our experts from around the world compile an update on immigration and global mobility practice, setting out recent changes to the laws and regulations in their jurisdictions. Here are the highlights of...more

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You Better Watch Out: The OAG Is Stepping Up Enforcement of D.C.’s Non-Compete Ban

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Just over a year into the implementation of the Washington, D.C. Ban on Non-Compete Agreements, as amended by the Non-Compete Clarification Amendment Act of 2022 (together, the “D.C. Non-Compete Ban”), the District of...more

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Preemption Questions Continue as FTC and NLRB Fight Restrictive Covenants

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As federal administrative agencies wade further into rulemaking and adjudicative efforts to outlaw noncompetes and restrictive covenants, defendants are beginning to raise preemption arguments in response to state court...more

Ius Laboris

AI and global mobility practice

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The pandemic has driven a paradigm shift in the world of global mobility. The sudden and widespread roll-out of technology to support remote working showed employees new possibilities for ‘working from everywhere’, and has...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Top Noncompete Developments of 2022

2022 was a relatively quiet year in terms of noncompete developments. However, both state legislatures and courts continued to take steps to narrow the circumstances under which noncompetition and employee non-solicitation...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Several States are Increasing Penalties for Enforcing Non-Compete Agreements

As non-competition laws and the scrutiny of non-compete agreements continue to be in the spotlight, several states are revisiting their non-compete laws. Colorado has been in the spotlight after the Colorado Legislature...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: Year in Review and a Look Ahead to 2022 - Employment Law This Week®

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This week, we’re recapping some of the biggest changes that impacted employers in 2021. We also look ahead to what’s in store in the new year. A Shift in Labor Policy and Enforcement The Biden administration is ushering in...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

The Ever-Changing Landscape of Non-Compete Agreements – Recent Developments

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Recently, the federal government and various state governments have spoken out concerning new limits on non-compete agreements and other post-employment restrictions. Although the trend toward limiting non-compete agreements...more

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Companies need to implement a plan to reduce the impact on environment for the home-work travel

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By 23 November 2021 (and by 31 December of each year, for the following years) companies with local units with more than 100 employees in a regional capital, or in a metropolitan city, or in a provincial capital or in a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down a No-Hire Agreement as an Unreasonable Restraint on Trade

Recently, in Pittsburgh Logistics Systems, Inc. v. Beemac Trucking, LLC, No. 31 WAP 2019, — A.3d –, 2021 WL 1676399 (Apr. 29, 2021), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that a no-hire provision that was ancillary to a...more

Epstein Becker & Green

[Webinar] Both Sides of the Coin: Protecting Your Own Workforce and Trade Secrets from Potential Raiders, and Minimizing...

The nation is beginning to see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Employees who have been working from their kitchen tables for 12 months are starting to look toward greener pastures. Protecting against the risks of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Future of Employment Rights and Worker Mobility

As the dust settles on the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), EU and UK employers and their advisers should carefully consider provisions relating to worker mobility and the potential for future changes to EU-derived...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

When Lawyers Depart Their Law Firms: ABA Reminds Departing Lawyers and Their Law Firms of Their Ethical Obligations

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When a lawyer intends to move from one law firm to another, uncertainty and suspicion frequently beset the period of transition between Firm A and Firm B. To bring some clarity to that often fraught situation, the ABA’s...more

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USCIS Announces Timeline for FY 2021 H-1B Electronic Pre-Registration Process

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On December 6, 2019, USCIS announced that it officially plans to implement the electronic H-1B registration process for petitioners seeking to submit H-1B cap-subject petitions for FY 2021....more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

AMN Healthcare’s impact on the enforceability of non-solicitation provisions in California raises two new unanswered questions

California Employee mobility and the right to compete are sacrosanct in California, and have been since its Legislature enacted section 16600 of the California Business and Professions Code, which voids “every contract by...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Third Circuit: Spying on Former Employee’s Social Media Account Does Not Constitute “Unclean Hands” to Bar Trade Secret...

Consider this: a former employee has just left his or her employer and may have taken trade secrets to a competitor. ...more

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Going Global? Top 5 Labor and Employment Concerns for Multinational Businesses

In this episode, Diana Nehro, a shareholder in Ogletree Deakins’ International Practice Group, covers five of the most significant labor and employment concerns for multinational companies. Tune in for a discussion about...more

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Littler Global Guide - Norway - Q2 2018

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Travel Time is Working Time - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On June 4, 2018, the Supreme Court of Norway concluded that an employee’s travel ordered by the employer is working time. The...more

Hogan Lovells

Employment News - January 2018 #3

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Weekly newsletter on employment matters. In this weeks issue: - Wide reach – tribunal could hear claims against workers based abroad... - Is sex discrimination law fit for purpose? ...more

Payne & Fears

Non-Compete and Trade Secret Law in Utah: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t Changed and How to Prepare for What’s Ahead

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The general rule in the United States has historically permitted non-competition agreements when they are reasonable in time and geographic scope. California has been the leading exception. Business and Professions Code...more

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[Event] "Americas Labor & Employment Law Conference: Managing a workforce across the Americas and beyond" - Dec. 8th-9th, Miami,...

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Attorneys from FordHarrison and Ius Laboris, the global Alliance of leading labor and employment law firms, will join in-house counsel to discuss the many challenges faced by multinational companies. The conference is aimed...more

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