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Trade Secrets in Hollywood: Lessons from Oscar-Nominated Films - Employment Law This WeekÂŽ - Spilling Secrets Podcast
#WorkforceWednesdayÂŽ: Trade Secret Litigation - Lessons from High-Stakes Group Exits - Spilling Secrets Podcast - Employment Law This WeekÂŽ
New Developments in Health Information Policy
#WorkforceWednesdayÂŽ: 2024âs Biggest Trade Secrets and Non-Compete Developments - Spilling Secrets Podcast - Employment Law This WeekÂŽ
Key Discovery Points: Lessons Learned from TikTokâs Redaction Fiasco
#WorkforceWednesdayÂŽ: Beyond Non-Competes - IP and Trade Secret Assessment Strategies for Employers - Spilling Secrets Podcast - Employment Law This WeekÂŽ
4 Tips for Protecting Your AI Products
6 Things To Consider Before Litigation
#WorkforceWednesdayÂŽ: Wizarding and the World of Trade Secrets - Spilling Secrets Podcast - Employment Law This WeekÂŽ
What's the Tea in L&E? Can You Share An Employee's Medical Info?
Exploring Employment Law Across Borders: Italy vs. US With White Lotus â Hiring to Firing Podcast
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 31: Trade Secrets and Protecting Confidential Information with Jennie Cluverius of Maynard Nexsen
JONES DAY PRESENTSÂŽ: Employer Options in a Non-Noncompete World
California Employment News: Understanding the Basics of Employee Personnel Files (Featured Podcast)
California Employment News: Understanding the Basics of Employee Personnel Files (Featured)
What's the Tea in L&E? Employee Devices: What is #NSFW?
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 25: Issues for Public Employers with Bertha Enriquez of Renewable Water Resources
Trade Secret Litigation: The Power of Protection
#WorkforceWednesday: Bracket-Busting Trade Secret and Non-Compete Disputes in Sports - Employment Law This WeekÂŽ - Spilling Secrets Podcast
Kilpatrickâs Katie Barton, Nena Bains, and Destiny Williams recently presented a webinar in partnership with the Association of Corporate Council on the topic of âProtecting Your IP When People are Coming and Going.â...more
This week, on our Spilling Secrets podcast series, our panelists discuss how to navigate âgroup lift-outs,â in which one company hires multiple employees from another company at or about the same time: Group lift-outs are...more
Employee restrictive covenants are often a contentious issue, especially when employees leave to form (or join) competing firms. A recent Alberta Court of Kingâs Bench decision, People Corporation v Quinn et al. (2024 ABKB...more
This week, on our Spilling Secrets podcast series, our panelists look back on the top trade secrets and non-compete stories of the year: This year has been a rollercoaster for trade secrets and non-compete law. Weâve seen...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The federal district court for the Northern District of Texas has issued an order in the Ryan case staying the effective date on a nationwide basis the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Rules banning...more
Just over a month ago, employers throughout the United States breathed a sigh of relief after Judge Ada Brown in the Northern District of Texas issued a summary judgment ruling in the Ryan v. FTC litigation setting aside the...more
Back in April 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule that would have banned non-compete agreements nationwide as of September 4, 2024. (You can read our alert on the FTCâs final rule here.) However, on...more
In this episode of the Hiring to Firing Podcast, hosts Tracey Diamond and Evan Gibbs dive into international waters with Annalisa Reale, a Labor and Employment partner of the Chiomenti Law Firm in Milan, Italy. Inspired by...more
In the recent case of Moxie Communications Limited v. Lai Cheuk Lok [2024] HKDC 1323, an employer (the "Company") sought to enforce two post-termination restrictive covenants ("PTRs") against a former employee (the...more
On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, the United States District Court in Texas found the FTC rule banning non-compete agreements to be âarbitrary and capricious.â...more
On August 20, 2024, the Northern District of Texas in the case of Ryan, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission granted summary judgment to the Plaintiff Ryan, LLC, enjoining the FTC from implementing its rule banning non-compete...more
On July 10, 2024, we sent you an update informing you that Judge Ada Brown of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas had entered a preliminary injunction blocking the Federal Trade Commission...more
Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Tuesday struck down the Federal Trade Commissionâs (FTC) pending ban on non-compete covenants, concluding that the issuance of the FTCâs Rule...more
Employers that rely on non-compete agreements to protect their trade secrets and other legitimate business interests got some welcome news on August 20. The Federal Trade Commissionâs (FTC)Â final non-compete rule, which seeks...more
On August 20, 2024, a Texas federal court judge issued an order halting the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) non-compete rule, preventing it from taking effect on September 4, 2024. The order, issued by Judge Ada Brown, held...more
This week, Judge Ada E. Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan v. The Federal Trade Commission upheld a challenge by business groups to the FTCâs non-compete ban. In addition to confirming...more
On August 20, 2024, a federal court in Texas permanently blocked the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) final rule banning most non-competes. U.S. District Judge Ada Brown granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in...more
On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Dallas Division) struck down the Federal Trade Commissionâs (FTC) non-compete rule, 16 CFR § 910.1-6, that was set to take effect...more
On Tuesday, August 20, a Texas federal judge set aside the FTCâs âNon-Compete Ruleâ (the âRuleâ).  This decision comes just two weeks before the FTCâs nationwide ban on non-competes was set to take effect.  The Court stated...more
On August 20, a federal court in Texas issued an order invalidating the Federal Trade Commissionâs (FTC) ban on noncompete agreements (Final Rule), which had been set to take effect on September 4, 2024. The decision, issued...more
On August 20, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered a final judgment (âOrderâ) setting aside, on a nationwide basis, the Federal Trade Commission (âFTCâ) final rule (âRuleâ) prohibiting...more
We recently provided a Client Alert providing an update on the status of the Final Rule (the âRuleâ) issued by the Federal Trade Commission (the âFTCâ), which would make most covenants not to compete between employers and...more
Real World Impact: Making good on her promise to make a ruling on the FTC Noncompete Rule on or before August 30, 2024, United States District Judge Ada Brown granted a motion for summary judgment that sets aside the FTC...more
As of yesterday afternoon, employers across the country that utilize noncompete agreements may breathe a sigh of relief, as Judge Ada Brown beat her self-imposed deadline of August 30, 2024 and ordered an end to any...more
In a widely anticipated ruling, Judge Ada E. Brown of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas sided with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a Texas-based tax firm to block the FTCâs Final Rule...more