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Georgia Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Rulings and Holds Non-Recruitment Provisions do not Need to Contain Explicit Geographic...

Jimmy Buffett once eloquently said that “without geography, you’re nowhere.” But how does that insight apply to restrictive covenants that lack explicit geographic limitations in Georgia? While Jimmy never got to find out,...more

9/10/2024 / Contract Terms , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , GA Supreme Court , Non-Solicitation Agreements , Recruitment Policies , Restrictive Covenants

Danger: Rocky Road Ahead!

Earlier this week, the Colorado state legislature voted to pass HB22-1317, which if signed into law by Democratic Governor Jared Polis, would place Colorado among several other states with the strictest bans on restrictive...more

5/13/2022 / Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants , State Labor Laws

Biden to Ban Non-Competes?

The Biden Administration plans to issue an executive order calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to adopt rules to limit the use of noncompete clauses in employment agreements. According to Axios, White House Press...more

7/9/2021 / Biden Administration , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , Non-Compete Agreements , Popular , Restrictive Covenants

Webinar Recap! Enforcement of Non-Competes: Increasing Difficulty Depending on State

In Seyfarth’s fourth installment in its 2019 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, Seyfarth attorneys Kristine Argentine, Eric Barton, and Katelyn Miller focused on the enforcement of non-competes and how the difficulty of...more

8/24/2019 / Confidential Information , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , Hiring & Firing , Intellectual Property Protection , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants , Trade Secrets

U.S. Senators Request Review of Non-Compete Agreements by the Government Accountability Office

On March 7, 2019, a group of six United States senators from both sides of the aisle submitted a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a federal investigation into the use of non-compete agreements...more

3/12/2019 / Corporate Counsel , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , GAO , Government Investigations , Hiring & Firing , Intellectual Property Protection , Legislative Agendas , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants

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