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Navigating the Changing Landscape of Non-Compete Agreements: What Employers Need to Know

The recent federal court ruling striking down the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning non-compete agreements has left many employers breathing a sigh of relief. However, this does not mean that non-compete...more

Federal Court strikes down FTC rule that would have banned non-competition agreements starting September 4

On Tuesday, August 20, a federal judge in Texas shot down the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning noncompete agreements (“the Rule”) that was set to take effect September 4. This means that the FTC cannot enforce the...more

Minnesota Will Become the Fourth State to Ban All Noncompete Agreements

Minnesota’s new law will take effect on July 1, 2023, prohibiting all noncompete agreements, except those entered during the sale of a business or in anticipation of the dissolution of a business. The law will not apply...more

NLRB Returns to Longstanding Position Limiting Use of Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure, and Non-Disparagement Clauses in Employee...

The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Jennifer A. Abruzzo, issued guidance on March 22, 2023, about the NLRB’s McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58, decision from February 21, 2023, which reinstated a...more

Oregon Legislature Further Limits Employee Non-Competition Agreements, Including Imposing a 12-Month Limit on Duration

Over the last several years, the Oregon Legislature has whittled away employers’ ability to enforce employee non-competition agreements (see our posts from 2007, 2015).  Senate Bill 169, which Governor Brown signed into law...more

"Isn't there supposed to be a good cop?" -- 9th Circuit Holds Bilious Conduct Not a Disability Under ADA

Cantankerous employees beware! Being a jerk is not a disability and, at least according to the Ninth Circuit in Weaving v. City of Hillsboro, blaming bad behavior on a physical or mental impairment does not guarantee...more

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