We recently reported that Kansas was in a minority of states to enact employer-friendly restrictive covenant legislation....more
In March of this year, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee signed into law a bill titled “An Act To Clarify That a Covenant Not to Compete Agreement Is Unenforceable for Certain Licensed Medical Professionals" (the “Act”)....more
Consistent with our previous reporting that states would continue to address noncompete issues even after the apparent end of the FTC Noncompete Rule, Kansas has joined the growing list of jurisdictions to pass or introduce...more
This week, on our Spilling Secrets podcast series, our panelists dig into trade secrets lessons employers can learn from hit movies:
In this episode, Epstein Becker Green attorneys Daniel R. Levy, Aime Dempsey, and George...more
As expected, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 yesterday to issue its final noncompete rule, with only a few changes from the proposed rule that are discussed below. Unless it is enjoined, which we expect, the rule...more
4/24/2024
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On March 29, 2024, Maine Governor Janet T. Mills vetoed a bill that would have banned all employee noncompete agreements in the State of Maine. Both chambers of the Maine legislature passed L.D. 1496, An Act to Prohibit...more