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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Enforcement Non-Solicitation Agreements

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Court Ruling in Ohio Highlights Evolving Non-Compete and Non-Solicit Landscape

As the Federal Trade Commission’s Non-Compete Rule is appealed through the federal courts, a ruling from a court in Cleveland, Ohio, exemplifies how certain courts have recently approached non-compete and non-solicitation...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

What Employers Need to Know About the FTC’s Ban of Non-Competition Agreements

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On May 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published its controversial final rule (the “Rule”) that once effective will ban employers from entering into new non-compete agreements across the country, retroactively...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Federal Trade Commission Approves Rule Banning Most Noncompetes

Today the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to approve a Final Rule that, absent a successful legal challenge, will ban most noncompete agreements in the United States beginning 120 days after publication in the Federal...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

[Podcast]: In a World Without Non-Competes

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief we are joined by Daryl Leon, one of the leads of Proskauer’s Restrictive Covenants, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition Group and Edna Guerrasio, senior counsel in the Labor &...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Do as I Say And as I Do – California Amends Its Non-Compete Law

On the heels of the New York and FTC non-competition legislation (discussed here and here), Governor Newsom recently signed an amendment to California’s non-compete ban into law. The amendment, S.B. 699, takes effect on...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

What employers can do in a world without noncompetes

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Forfeiture clauses are one tactic. They provide a meaningful disincentive for employees to engage in competitive behavior. Noncompetes are under siege on multiple fronts. Originally published in Legal Dive - September...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Noncompetes Are in the NLRB’s Crosshairs – Can Trade Secret Protections Save Them?

Can you still have noncompete agreements with your employees? What if you explicitly state that the agreement protects trade secrets or other proprietary information? There has been a lot of buzz about this issue, and...more

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Is the government banning my non-competition agreements?

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Employers, make no mistake, the federal government and state governments are targeting employee non-competition agreements, also called non-competes. Broadly, legislatures and government agencies are concerned employers are...more

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