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Non-Compete Contracts: Legally Undead

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Contracts restraining competition by former employees and contractors have always faced enforcement headwinds, differing state-by-state in their strength and direction. California is most hostile; there, a statute purports to...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

[Event] Annual Labor & Employment Law Seminar: Key Updates and Best Practices for Employers - September 18th, Philadelphia, PA

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We are thrilled to bring back our Annual Labor & Employment Law Seminar in Philadelphia, featuring interactive discussions led by our skilled attorneys on critical topics impacting your business. This year, our Labor &...more

Venable LLP

FTC Rule Largely Banning Non-Competes Put on Ice by Federal Judge

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This past April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule (Rule) that amounted to a near total nationwide ban on employers’ use of non-compete agreements. Since its announcement, employers have actively attempted to...more

McCarter & English, LLP

The FTC’s Non-Compete Rule “Set Aside:” What Next for Employers and Employees?

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After a series of preliminary, narrowly decided, and conflicting court decisions concerning requests for preliminary injunctions (see August 20, 2024 Alert), a federal district court in Texas has now entirely set aside the...more

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FTC Noncompete Rule Set Aside with Nationwide Effect

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On August 20, 2024, a Texas federal court blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Noncompete Rule scheduled to go into effect on September 4, 2024. Unlike a preliminary injunction entered earlier this year, which only...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

NLRB’s Non-Compete Power Grab – Can Employers Avoid NLRB’s Oversight?

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An administrative law judge (“ALJ”) of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) in J.O. Mory, Inc. recently required an employer to rescind certain restrictive covenants in its employment agreements. The decision is yet...more

Kilpatrick

NLRB ALJ Finds Post-Employment Non-Compete and Non-Solicit Provisions Unlawful

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Employers’ use of non-compete agreements have been subject to increasing scrutiny from federal agencies in the past year or so. More recently, the balance of discussion surrounding regulatory efforts to curtail the use of...more

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NLRB Judge Finds Nonsolicitation, Noncompete Provisions in Employment Agreement Chilled Protected Activity

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On June 13, 2024, an administrative law judge (ALJ) for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that overly broad noncompete and nonsolicitation provisions in an employment agreement violated an employee’s labor...more

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House Considers Bill Declaring Student Athletes Not Employees

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On Thursday, June 13, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing on H.R. 8534, entitled “The Protecting Student Athletes’ Economic Freedom Act” (“Act”). If passed, the Act would...more

Fisher Phillips

Summer Reading for Educational Leaders: Resources to Help You Plan for the 2024-2025 School Year

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As you recover from another whirlwind of a school year, we hope you can take some time to relax and enjoy your summer break. The next few months will be the perfect time to – at your leisure – catch up on this past year’s...more

Jenner & Block

NLRB Settles Noncompete Regulatory Action

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In May 2023, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) published a memorandum stating that an employer who requires a nonmanagerial/nonsupervisory employee to sign a noncompete agreement violates...more

Carlton Fields

Court Direction on FTC’s Noncompete Ban Expected This Summer

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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has issued an aggressive scheduling order that “should allow prompt resolution of” one of the initial challenges to the FTC’s noncompete ban “with sufficient time,...more

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Walking the Tightrope to Enforce a Non-Compete in 2024

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Non-competition agreements are not doing so hot. Recently, more states have outlawed or tightened restrictions on them, and the federal government has stepped into the fray in policing them. For example, the Federal Trade...more

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Top 10 Legal Challenges for Employers

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With 2024 underway, we highlight some of the most pressing legal issues facing employers this year, including increased regulation of noncompetition agreements, new paid family and medical leave laws, a new Overtime Rule, and...more

Adams and Reese LLP

How Do Employers Navigate Evolving Landscape of Restrictive Covenants Following NLRB's McLaren Macomb Decision?

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The NLRB issued its order and decision last year in McLaren Macomb, holding that employers violate the NLRA by enforcing — or even offering — severance agreements containing overly broad confidentiality and non-disparagement...more

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2023 Trade Secrets End of Year Report

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2023 was a banner year for trade secrets, non-competes, and other restrictive covenants. Employee non-competes continued to garner attention at the federal agency level, drawing commentary and action from the Federal Trade...more

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NLRB Continues Assault on Noncompete Agreements

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As we have previously covered in EmployNews, in June 2023, the general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released a memo arguing that most noncompete agreements violate Section 7 of the National Labor...more

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Is the NLRB’s New Stance on Restrictive Covenants Mostly Bark With a Little Bite?

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The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) sent shockwaves through the employment landscape when General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo took the position that the “proffer, maintenance, and enforcement” of restrictive covenants...more

Kilpatrick

A Comprehensive Update on Recent Federal and State Efforts to Limit the Use of Employee Non-Compete Agreements

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Federal and state efforts to limit or outright prohibit the use of employee non-compete agreements have gained considerable momentum in the past year. As Kilpatrick’s labor and employment team has written about previously,...more

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NLRB Finds Common Provisions in Mortgage Lender Employment Contract Illegal

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On January 11, 2024, an administrative law judge for the NLRB issued an opinion holding that the employment agreement used by a major mortgage lender for all of its approximately 6,000 employees violates the National Labor...more

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Recent NLRB Activity is a Mixed Bag for Employers’ Use of Restrictive Covenants

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Two recent developments involving the National Labor Relations Board’s scrutiny of restrictive covenant agreements, per its general counsel’s Memorandum 23-08, have provided a mix of good and bad news for employers. On one...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

NY Governor Vetoes Ban on Employee Noncompete Provisions

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in December vetoed a bill passed by the New York Legislature that would have prohibited nearly all noncompete agreements in the state regardless of the context, salary level or job function of the...more

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NLRB’s General Counsel Says Employers Cannot Bar Outside Employment

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is chipping away at employment agreements and other restrictive covenants one clause at a time. In a recent memorandum, the General Counsel said she believes restricting employees...more

Clark Hill PLC

The Attack on Employment Noncompetes: The Status of Federal Initiatives

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Historically, enforcement of noncompete agreements has been a subject of state law, not federal law. States have taken many different approaches to the agreements. A few states have enacted laws that ban the enforcement of...more

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Getting a Grip on Griping

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Almost a decade ago, in September 2014, California was the first state in the nation to enact legislation prohibiting non-disparagement clauses that aimed to prevent consumers from writing negative reviews of a business....more

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