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Noncompetes in the Crosshairs: Safeguarding the Company's Secret Sauce in the New World of Employee Mobility

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Venture capitalists refer to “secret sauce” as the differentiator that gives one startup the edge over competitors. The secret sauce, properly protected, is a trade secret. However, employee turnover can threaten the secret...more

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Client Alert: Stakeholders Speak Out During Webinar on FTC’s Proposed Rule Banning Noncompetes

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Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted another public forum on its proposed rule to ban noncompetition agreements (noncompetes). While the public forum provided opportunity to those for and against noncompetes to...more

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The Hunger Games: Can Competition Be Stopped?

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On Jan. 5, the United States Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) proposed a new rule which acts as a complete ban—both prospectively and retroactively—on all non-competition agreements (“non-compete(s)”) (the “Proposed...more

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New York State Releases Draft Anti-Harassment Training and Policy Models for Public Comment

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As we have previously reported, pursuant to provisions of the state budget signed into law this past April, effective October 9, 2018, all New York State employers will be required to adopt written sexual harassment...more

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CFTC Proposes Rules to Align with SEC Whistleblower Program

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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed amendments last month to the regulations governing its whistleblower bounty program. A number of the changes are aimed at more closely aligning the CFTC’s...more

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Proposed Federal Rule Says Government Contractors Cannot Prevent Employee from Reporting Fraud, Waste or Abuse

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Over the past several years, a series of Executive Orders and federal rules have significantly changed the relationship between federal contractors and their employees. These new rules have included protections for certain...more

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Proposed Rule Would Restrict Confidentiality Agreements Between Contractors and Their Employees

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On January 22, 2016, the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration proposed a new rule that would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement a section...more

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Proposed Federal Rule Would Proscribe Contractor Confidentiality Agreements that “Restrict” Employees And Subcontractors from...

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A recently proposed amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation precludes Federal contractors from entering into a confidentiality agreement with an employee or subcontractor that “prohibit[s] or otherwise restrict[s]”...more

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