Hiring & Firing, Employment Litigation, Restrictive Covenants

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your September To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 9/3/2024

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

BREAKING: Federal Judge Rules FTC’s Non-Compete Ban to be Set Aside Nationwide

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/21/2024

This just in: Judge Ada Brown ruled yesterday on the parties’ dueling summary judgment motions – 10 days before her self-imposed deadline to do so – in Ryan LLC v. FTC. Judge Brown granted the plaintiffs’ motion for summary...more

Two Recent Federal Court Decisions Conflict with Exception to FTC Non-Compete Ban: Your 3 Steps for Litigating Accrued Non-Compete...

Fisher Phillips on 8/16/2024

Even though the FTC’s impending rule that will ban most non-competition agreements specifically carves out claims for violations that accrue before the rule goes into effect – an exception that many federal courts have...more

[Webinar] The Californication of Non-Compete Laws – Recent Changes That Impact All Employers Across The United States - June 26th,...

CDF Labor Law LLP on 6/11/2024

Join us for an informative webinar on the latest developments in the non-compete agreement arena with two members of CDF’s Unfair Competition & Trade Secret Practice Group: Dan M. Forman, Chair, and Ashley A. Halberda who...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

You Better Watch Out: The OAG Is Stepping Up Enforcement of D.C.’s Non-Compete Ban

Epstein Becker & Green on 12/1/2023

Just over a year into the implementation of the Washington, D.C. Ban on Non-Compete Agreements, as amended by the Non-Compete Clarification Amendment Act of 2022 (together, the “D.C. Non-Compete Ban”), the District of...more

Preemption Questions Continue as FTC and NLRB Fight Restrictive Covenants

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/29/2023

As federal administrative agencies wade further into rulemaking and adjudicative efforts to outlaw noncompetes and restrictive covenants, defendants are beginning to raise preemption arguments in response to state court...more

Seventh Circuit Revives McDonald's Employee No-Poach Litigation

Troutman Pepper on 10/4/2023

In June of 2022, McDonald’s obtained a judgment on the pleadings, ending antitrust litigation challenging the legality of the no-hire restraints it previously included in its franchise agreements. More than a year later, the...more

Georgia Maps Out New Requirement for Employee Non-Solicits

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/21/2023

On May 11, 2011, Georgia passed the Restrictive Covenants Act, which made enforcing employee restrictive covenants far easier than it was under Georgia common law. In an odd twist, a law that Georgia intended to make it...more

Georgia Court of Appeals: Non-Solicitation-of-Employees Covenant Must Contain Express Geographic Limitation

Littler on 7/11/2023

The Georgia Court of Appeals recently provided important clarification of the requirements for non-recruitment covenants under Georgia’s 2011 Restrictive Covenants Act. In North American Senior Benefits, LLC v. Wimmer, 2023...more

Another Reason to Revisit Non-Competes: New Risk of NLRA Charges

Poyner Spruill LLP on 6/7/2023

Following the recent declaration that certain confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements are unlawful, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel released a memo on May 30, 2023 (GC...more

Did the NLRB Preempt Non-Compete Litigation?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/6/2023

Over last week, two seemingly unconnected events happened that impact restrictive covenant and labor law. First, the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a memorandum opining that certain...more

Sixth Circuit Upholds Non-Compete Agreement Based on “Flexible Language” in Preliminary Injunction

Bodman on 2/28/2023

A recent Sixth Circuit decision upholding an employer’s non-compete agreement with a former employee highlights the need for legal counsel to craft preliminary injunction language in such matters which reflects the unique...more

[Webinar] Employment Law Panel 2023 - February 16th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am EST

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 1/25/2023

Attorneys Benton Toups, Ryan Bolick, Vince Eisinger and Georgia Malik will discuss a range of Employment Law topics, including to what extent an employer must accommodate an employee’s gender-related preferences; CBD Oil and...more

[Event] Workforce (re)calibrated: Driving the New Workplace Forward - October 3rd, New York, NY

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/9/2022

Interested in attending the 2022 Annual Workforce Management Briefing? Presenters at this full-day complimentary event include EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, and thought leaders...more

Latest Decisions in Criminal No-Poach and Civil Non-Compete Cases Indicate Continuing Scrutiny of Restrictive Covenants

Jenner & Block on 7/13/2022

Parties in Criminal No-Poach Case Reach Pre-Trial Resolution - Recently, the parties in United States v. Hee notified District Court Judge Boulware of the District of Nevada that they reached a preliminary plea deal. The...more

Non-Compete News: Georgia Court Holds Non-compete and Non-solicit of Employee Provisions With Missing Territory Unenforceable and...

FordHarrison on 7/12/2022

Earlier this year, in Steuer v. Tomaras, et al., Georgia’s Statewide Business Court again refused to modify certain restrictive covenants that were missing a territory. Dr. Steuer, a former partner of the defendant doctors,...more

The Top 17 Workplace Law Stories from May 2022

Fisher Phillips on 6/2/2022

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Non-Compete Agreements: Increased Litigation on the Backside of the "Great Resignation"

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/19/2022

Our business clients tell us everyday what we are all seeing in the headlines on a regular basis: employees are hard to hire and retain. Some commentators have coined the term “the great resignation” to aptly describe the...more

Void vs. Voidable: The Distinction That Can Make or Break a Tortious Interference Claim in Light of the Great Resignation

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/10/2022

Over the past two years, employee mobility seems to be at an all-time high. In fact, the labor market is so fluid that pundits and experts often refer to it as the “Great Resignation.” Although employee mobility can be a...more

[Podcast] The Emerging New Era for Noncompetes and Trade Secrets: Nationalizing Competitiveness and Noncompete Law: Criminal...

BakerHostetler on 1/27/2022

Nationalizing Competitiveness and Noncompete Law: Criminal Antitrust and Federal Efforts to Curtail No-Poach and Noncompete Agreements is part five of BakerHostetler's six-part series, "The Emerging New Era for Noncompetes...more

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