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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 -

Illinois Bill Modifying Non-Competition Agreements Nears Enactment

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/9/2021

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to soon sign into law a bill that will make significant changes to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act and affect the enforceability of employee non-competition provisions. The General...more

Employees Laid Off As A Result Of COVID-19 Ask Courts To Find Their Non-Compete Agreements Unenforceable

Fisher Phillips on 9/14/2020

Since the onset of COVID-19 and the related business shut-downs, employers across the country have been forced to make the difficult decision to lay off or terminate many of their employees. Of the tens of millions who have...more

Part 26 of “The Restricting Covenant” Series: COVID-19 Edition

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 8/17/2020

The global COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact employers and their employees’ work activities in a variety of ways. Millions of workers have been terminated, laid off or furloughed. Companies have shifted to remote...more

Enforcing Non-Compete Agreements in a Pandemic

Locke Lord LLP on 7/22/2020

Since the federal government declared a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor has reported over 40 million new claims for unemployment benefits. With some estimates indicating...more

Noncompete Considerations for Employers Implementing COVID-19 Cost-Cutting Measures and Operational Changes

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/30/2020

As COVID-19 continues to spread and economic uncertainty persists, many employers are implementing layoffs, pay cuts, furloughs and other operational changes that could cause them to lose the ability to enforce their...more

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Return to Work May Mean Reduced Protections for Trade Secrets and Customer Goodwill

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/19/2020

Tens of millions of employees have been laid off or furloughed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that the reopening process has begun in most states, many of those employees are being rehired and reactivated. ...more

Finding COVID-19 Layoff Not Furlough, Court Denies Motion To Restrain Competition

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/19/2020

A federal district court has denied a motion to temporarily restrain an employee laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic from competing against his former employer. Schuylkill Valley Sports, Inc. v. Corporate Images Co., No....more

Non-Compete Enforcement Considerations in the Context of a Reduction-in-Force

Fisher Phillips on 6/17/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented economic disruption, forcing many employers to reduce their workforce. In the face of state and local shutdown orders and a sudden drop in business, many employers moved...more

Restrictive Covenant Agreements

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 6/12/2020

COVID Furloughs, Layoffs or Job Modifications May Void Your Existing Non-Competition Agreements - With Rhode Island and Massachusetts having recently commenced Phase 2 of each of their respective “Reopenings,” more and...more

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