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2024 Trade Secrets Webinar Series Recap: Key Takeaways and Access to Recordings

In 2024, Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group presented a series of dynamic and insightful CLE webinars, addressing pivotal challenges confronting businesses head-on. ...more

Another Decision Addressing Non-Competes for In-House Counsel

In-house attorneys often wear multiple hats when performing work for private companies. Some of their work clearly falls under the provision of legal services, while others can be less clear quasi-business roles. ...more

State Attorneys General Keep Pressure on FTC to Regulate Non-Competes

As we previously covered, a group of 18 state attorneys general in July filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), asking the FTC to incorporate labor concerns when reviewing corporate mergers and to use its...more

State Attorneys General Urge FTC to Consider Labor Issues in Antitrust Enforcement

A group of 18 state attorneys general (the “AGs”) recently filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in advance of a series of hearings centered on changes to antitrust and consumer protection enforcement in...more

Can Attorneys Be Liable For Directing Clients To Breach Non-Competes? One Federal Court Says Maybe

In a classic example of bad facts creating bad law, a federal judge in Kentucky recently denied a motion to dismiss claims brought against attorneys who allegedly counseled employees to breach a non-compete agreement and...more

Washington State’s Legislature Rains On Non-Compete Critics’ Parade Yet Again

For the third year in a row, the Washington state legislature failed to pass non-compete legislation, declining to take action on two separate bills that would have severely restricted employers’ ability to enforce former...more

The Latest East Coast/West Coast Conflict: Massachusetts Courts Consider the Application of California Law in Non-Compete...

Hearkening back to the rivalry between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s, Massachusetts courts (as well as others around the country) have increasingly been asked to analyze the application of California...more

The White House’s Call to Action: A Step in the Right Direction or a Bridge Too Far?

Fresh off of signing the Defend Trade Secrets Act, the White House released a report yesterday entitled “Non-Compete Reform: A Policymaker’s Guide to State Policies,” which contains information on state policies related to...more

Do Non-Competes Really Stifle Tech Innovation?

As has been well-chronicled in this blog, Massachusetts and many other states (and even the federal government) have been grappling with proposed legislation that would ban or severely limit non-competes in employment...more

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