Representatives in the Massachusetts legislature are continuing their attempt to codify requirements for enforceable noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth.

Representatives Will Brownsberger (D-Belmont) and Lori Ehrlich (D-Marblehead) submitted a compromise bill (redraft of H1794 & H1799) last summer, entitled “An Act Relative to Noncompetition Agreements,” which attempted to impose specific requirements for valid non-compete agreements under Massachusetts law. Despite strong objections from certain state representatives and a number of private businesses and related business organizations, the bill was recently reported out of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development with a favorable recommendation.