Happy New Year! We hope you and your family enjoyed the holidays. Q4 of 2022 did not see significant new state legislation enacted. The FTC, however, issued a strong notice about where it intends to go in the restrictive covenant space in 2023 (and beyond) and several trade secret verdicts deserve attention. In addition, could a Washington restrictive covenant class action be a harbinger of things to come? Below is our Q4 update and we invite our readers to attend our January 13th webinar, “2022 Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Year in Review,” to learn more about what happened in 2022 and what to expect in 2023.