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Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Non-Compete Agreements

McCarter & English, LLP

The FTC’s Non-Compete Rule “Set Aside:” What Next for Employers and Employees?

After a series of preliminary, narrowly decided, and conflicting court decisions concerning requests for preliminary injunctions (see August 20, 2024 Alert), a federal district court in Texas has now entirely set aside the...more

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NLRB’s Non-Compete Power Grab – Can Employers Avoid NLRB’s Oversight?

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An administrative law judge (“ALJ”) of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) in J.O. Mory, Inc. recently required an employer to rescind certain restrictive covenants in its employment agreements. The decision is yet...more

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Legal Alert | NLRB ALJ Finds Post Employment Non-Compete and Non-Solicit Provisions Unlawful

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Employers’ use of non-compete agreements have been subject to increasing scrutiny from federal agencies in the past year or so. More recently, the balance of discussion surrounding regulatory efforts to curtail the use of...more

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NLRB Decision Finds Overly Broad Non-competition and Non-solicitation Clauses Violate NLRA

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On June 13, 2024, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision that further muddies the landscape of restrictive covenant law. In J.O. Mory Inc., an ALJ held that overly...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Oversalted: NLRB Judge Facilitates Union Organizing, Throws Out Noncompete/Nonsolicit Agreements

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A National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge recently found that a company violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by terminating a “union salt”— an organizer unions place at a workplace to unionize its...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Compete All You Want:  ALJ Strikes Down Non-Compete Agreement, Setting Up NLRB Review

As we’ve discussed previously (see here and here), next up on the NLRB chopping block is whether non-compete agreements create a “chilling effect” on employees in the exercise of their Section 7 rights of the National Labor...more

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NLRB Judge Finds Nonsolicitation, Noncompete Provisions in Employment Agreement Chilled Protected Activity

On June 13, 2024, an administrative law judge (ALJ) for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that overly broad noncompete and nonsolicitation provisions in an employment agreement violated an employee’s labor...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

NLRB General Counsel Takes Aim at Non-Competes

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While employers wait to see whether, and to what extent, the Federal Trade Commission enacts its proposed rule banning non-competes, the Office of the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) has...more

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II-34- Ten Things You Missed From Summer 2018

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We're back! This brand new episode addresses the 10 developments you may have missed from this past summer of 2018, including employees secretly recording the workplace, new non-compete legislation, the unstoppable #MeToo...more

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The National Labor Relations Board 2016 Year in Review – Whitepaper

Introduction - In comparison to recent history, 2016 was a tame year for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”). While continuing to issue decisions that left employers scratching their heads, the...more

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The Practical NLRB Advisor - Issue 4, Winter 2017

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continued making life more difficult for employers in 2016. The agency issued a host of decisions that significantly expand the number and type of individuals that unions can seek to...more

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Labor Relations Today: 2016 Year In Review

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Introduction - In the final year of his two term tenure, President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board and Department of Labor continued their double barrelled efforts to remake labor law to benefit labor...more

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Non-Compete Agreement A Mandatory Subject of Bargaining, NLRB Rules

The first day of employment is often chaotic. New employees must learn their way around the jobsite, meet (and remember the names of) many new people and otherwise familiarize themselves with working at a new job. Oh, and...more

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