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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 -

New Minnesota Law Voids Restrictive Employment Covenants in Service Contracts, Except for Computer Professionals

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/9/2024

Minnesota’s legislature rushed through several bills this year affecting recruiting and staffing associations and other service providers such as property management companies. One such law may, as one member of the Minnesota...more

Louisiana Institutes New Restrictions on Noncompete Agreements for Primary Care Physicians

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/27/2024

The Louisiana Legislature recently unanimously passed Act No. 273, which limits noncompete agreements for physicians in the state. The act requires all applicable new noncompete agreements to sunset after three years for...more

Washington Becomes Second State to Declare Nondisclosure and Nondisparagement Provisions Unlawful in Employment and Independent...

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 4/13/2022

On March 24, 2022, Washington’s Silenced No More Act (formally known as Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1795) was signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee. As a result, Washington has become the second state to declare certain...more

2020 Check List: Update Noncompete Agreements to Comply with New Restrictions in Washington and Revisit IP and Arbitration...

Buchalter on 1/9/2020

Washington’s New Noncompetition Law – RCW Chapter 49.62 (Noncompetition Covenants). Effective January 1, 2020, a Washington State law prohibits employers from enforcing noncompetition agreements against employees earning...more

SC body bag noncompete case exhumed, revisited

Burr & Forman on 10/23/2018

Two years ago, we wrote about a noncompete decision in which a special referee found a business seller had breached a sales agreement by violating both a noncompete covenant and an exclusive sales provision contained in the...more

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