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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 -

July is Still the New January! Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute’s Mid-Year Legislative Report

Littler on 6/21/2024

Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report! As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law...more

States with Pending Legislation to Ban Employee Noncompetes: Maine Poised to be Next State to Enact a Ban

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/26/2024

As we continue to report, noncompete agreements are an area of ever-increasing scrutiny and limitation. Last year we wrote about states with civil and criminal penalties for violations of noncompete law, which is just one...more

New York City to Consider Its Own Ban on Employer Noncompete Agreements Following Governor’s Veto

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/18/2024

New York City lawmakers are considering a measure that would make the city the latest jurisdiction to ban noncompete agreements between employers and their employees, after Governor Kathy Hochul in December 2023 vetoed a...more

California Reaches Across State Lines to Invalidate Employee Non-Compete Agreements

Littler on 9/7/2023

We are in the final stretch of the California legislature’s first year of a two-year session. One bill that sped through the legislative process—without any registered opposition—is Senate Bill 699, which extends the state’s...more

Non-Compete Ban on the Horizon in New York?

Littler on 6/21/2023

Non-compete agreements may soon be unlawful in New York. The New York State Assembly passed A1278B on June 20, and the New York State Senate previously passed its counterpart bill, Senate Bill 3100A, earlier this month. If...more

One Rule to Rule Them All: A Congressional Effort to Prohibit Non-Competes for Hourly Workers

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/13/2022

Non-compete agreements have long been under attack at the state level. Across the country, states have put limitations on the use of restrictive covenants, particularly with respect to lower wage workers. While the District...more

Ontario Introduces Bill to Promote Work-Life Balance and Bar Employers From Using Standalone Non-Compete Agreements

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/1/2021

On October 25, 2021, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 27, the Working for Workers Act, 2021. According to Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development, Bill 27 would encourage employee work-life...more

Top 10 Developments and Headlines in Trade Secret, Non-Compete, and Computer Fraud Law for 2019 & 2020

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/27/2020

Continuing our annual tradition, we have compiled our top developments and headlines for 2019 & 2020 in trade secret, non-compete, and computer fraud law. Here’s what you need to know to keep abreast of the ever-changing law...more

The New Landscape for Non-Compete Law in 2019 and Beyond

Baker Donelson on 3/19/2019

For years, employers have relied on the use of restrictive covenants to protect their companies from unfair competition by former employees and competitors. Original published in Maryland State Bar Association Section of...more

New Jersey Proposes to Drastically Restrict the Use of Non-Compete Agreements

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/7/2017

Last month, the New Jersey State Senate introduced Senate Bill 3518 (the “Bill”), which, if passed, will severely restrict the use and enforceability of employee non-compete agreements in the state of New Jersey. Most...more

New Jersey Bill Seeks to Significantly Restrict the Use and Enforceability of Non-Compete Agreements

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/21/2017

On November 9, 2017, the New Jersey Senate introduced Senate Bill 3518, which would drastically limit an employer’s ability to enter into, and subsequently enforce, restrictive covenants (or “non-compete” agreements) with...more

New York Attorney General Answers White House’s Call: Promises Bill to Curb Non-Compete Use

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/8/2016

On the same day that the White House released its “State Call to Action on Non-Compete Agreements,” encouraging states to adopt best practice policies in the enforcement of non-compete agreements, New York State’s Attorney...more

Massachusetts Non-Compete Reform: Maybe Next Year

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 8/3/2016

Once again, the Massachusetts legislature took on non-compete reform, and once again, came up empty-handed. On July 31, 2016, the legislature adjourned without reaching a compromise to alter the state’s non-compete landscape....more

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