2022 was a relatively quiet year in terms of noncompete developments. However, both state legislatures and courts continued to take steps to narrow the circumstances under which noncompetition and employee non-solicitation...more
12/28/2022
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Mobility ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Legislative Agendas ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
State Legislatures
In the best of economic times, some courts can be reluctant to grant immediate injunctive relief and enjoin an employee from working in order to enforce employee post-employment restrictive covenants. Now that we are in the...more
10/6/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Ex Parte ,
Misappropriation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Post-Employment Communications ,
Remote Proceedings ,
Remote Working ,
Restraining Orders ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Trade Secrets
If there was any question about whether there is a growing national trend to limit the enforceability of noncompetition agreements, 2019 settled the matter. Seven states enacted new statutes designed to limit the...more