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Non-Compete Agreements › Amended Regulation

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Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a certain industry or locale. The purpose of these agreements is to protect employers or business purchasers from competition stemming from former employees or former owners of a business. less -

Washington State Is Making Worker-Friendly Amendments to Its Noncompete Statute

Epstein Becker & Green on 3/22/2024

Washington State is making a few important amendments to its existing noncompete statute. The amendments go into effect on June 6, 2024....more

California Noncompete Regulation Requires Employer Action by Feb. 14, 2024

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/6/2024

California Business and Professions Code Section 16600 was recently amended to "void the application of any noncompete agreement in an employment context, or any noncompete clause in an employment contract, no matter how...more

D.C. Reverses Course: Final Amendment Allows Non-Compete Agreements for Highly Compensated Employees

Paul Hastings LLP on 8/23/2022

On July 27, 2022, the D.C. Council enacted the long-awaited Non-Compete Clarification Amendment Act of 2022 (“the Amendment”), which amends the previously passed Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (the “Act”)...more

D.C. Council Waters Down Non-Compete Ban While Keeping Some Significant Limitations

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/21/2022

On July 12, 2022, the D.C. Council amended the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (the “Amendment”), walking back from an earlier version of the bill that, as we previously discussed, contemplated a nearly...more

Nevada Amends Non-Compete Statute To Further Protect Employees

Amundsen Davis LLC on 6/2/2021

Effective May 25, 2021, the State of Nevada enacted amendments to the Nevada Unfair Trade Practice Act that address non-compete agreements. Prior to the new amendments, Nevada law provided that a non-competition covenant is...more

Need to Know: Amendment to Louisiana Non-Compete Statute Took Effect on August 1, 2020

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/5/2020

Louisiana has long had in its statutes one of the nation’s most distinctive non-compete laws, and that statute has just been amended in a subtle but important way. LA. R.S. 23:921 essentially provides that every agreement...more

Key Changes to Massachusetts Noncompetes – Part II

Burns & Levinson LLP on 8/27/2018

In Part I of Key Changes to Massachusetts Noncompetes, I outlined some of the most significant new mandates that will apply to all noncompete agreements executed on or after October 1. In this post, I want to discuss some of...more

Significant Changes for Employers Doing Business in Oregon

Epstein Becker & Green on 4/19/2016

Employers should be aware of several recent changes to various employment laws in Oregon. These laws affect how the majority of private employers in Oregon do business....more

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