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Non-Compete Agreements

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Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a certain industry or locale. The purpose of these agreements is to protect employers or business purchasers from competition stemming from former employees or former owners of a business. less -

Restrictive Covenants in Private Equity Transactions

Mintz on 5/15/2025

Restrictive covenants are unquestionably a significant deal consideration in M&A transactions. In the private equity context, a buyer is focused on restrictive covenants to protect its investment by binding the sellers and...more

Wyoming Adopts Statutory Limits for Noncompetes

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 5/15/2025

The Wyoming State Legislature has adopted a statute limiting the use of noncompete restrictions for Wyoming workers. Importantly, the Wyoming statute is not a categorical ban on noncompetes and protects the validity of these...more

Changes to Virginia’s Noncompete Statute

Troutman Pepper Locke on 5/13/2025

Effective July 1, new legislation will take effect in Virginia imposing further restrictions on the use of covenants not to compete and prohibiting their use for employees who are eligible to receive overtime pay under the...more

Virginia to ban non-competes for non-exempt employees, effective July 1, 2025

Hogan Lovells on 5/13/2025

On March 24, 2025, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed Senate Bill 1218 into law, expanding the Commonwealth’s restrictions on non-competition agreements. Effective July 1, 2025, Virginia employers will be prohibited from...more

Four More Years? Examining the Push for Extended Non-Competes in Florida

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 5/12/2025

Following lobbying efforts by the now Miami-based hedge fund Citadel, Florida governor Ron DeSantis is poised to sign into law a new bill allowing non-compete clauses to extend up to four years for certain employees. Anyone...more

Florida Poised To Enact Employer-Friendly Noncompete and Garden Leave Law

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 5/12/2025

A bill recently passed by the Florida House and Senate and poised to become law effective July 1, 2025, will substantially change the noncompete landscape for employers doing business in Florida. If Gov. Ron DeSantis signs...more

5 Key Takeaways | Protecting Your IP When People are Coming and Going

Kilpatrick on 5/12/2025

Kilpatrick’s Katie Barton, Nena Bains, and Destiny Williams recently presented a webinar in partnership with the Association of Corporate Council on the topic of “Protecting Your IP When People are Coming and Going.”...more

Colorado Changes Noncompete Statute Again

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 5/12/2025

In the recently adjourned legislative session, Colorado lawmakers passed substantial changes to the state’s noncompete law. SB 83, if enacted, is poised to have a significant impact on the state’s health care industry and...more

Indiana’s Amended Physician Non-Compete Statute Bars Physician-Hospital Agreements Starting July 1

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/8/2025

Following a nationwide trend for physician mobility, Indiana’s legislature has passed another amendment to the state’s 2020 Physician Non-Compete Statute (Ind. Code § 25-22.5-5.5), which limits the enforceability of...more

Wyoming Restricts Employer Use of Noncompete Agreements: How Will This Impact Physicians?

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/8/2025

On March 19, 2025, Wyoming passed a new law, SF 107, broadly circumscribing employers’ use of noncompete agreements. Generally, SF 107 broadly prohibits covenants that restrict the right of “any person” to receive...more

Radius Clauses in Music Performance Contracts

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing on 5/8/2025

As the summer 2025 concert season continues to ramp up, we want to take the opportunity to explain why your favorite band or artist might only be performing once in your region this summer: a radius clause....more

Australia’s Recent Federal Election Result: Implications for Employers

Littler on 5/7/2025

Australia went to the polls on Saturday, May 3rd, and elected the Australian Labor Party (ALP) with an overall majority in Australia's federal congress, known as the House of Representatives. The ALP will also hold a Senate...more

Restrictive Covenant Law For The First Four Months of 2025

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/7/2025

With the FTC Ban on non-competes essentially dead in the Courts of Appeal, various states and agencies have taken up the mantle to further limit or expand the use of restrictive covenants for certain populations in 2025....more

Trade Secrets on Trial: Strategic Decisions for the Courtroom - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast

Epstein Becker & Green on 5/7/2025

This week, on our Spilling Secrets podcast series, our panelists discuss the ins and outs of trying trade secret cases in a courtroom: What’s the secret to winning a trade secret trial? Find out in this compelling episode of...more

Physician and Health Care Noncompete Law: New Legislation in 2025

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/6/2025

It has been a busy year for health care noncompete legislation. Multiple states have enacted legislation, set to take effect in 2025, banning or limiting noncompete agreements for physicians and other health care workers....more

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

Fisher Phillips on 5/5/2025

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially given the rapid pace at which the new administration has been moving on initiatives impacting the workplace and beyond. For the latest...more

Florida Legislature Passes Restrictive Covenants Bill

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/5/2025

On April 24, 2025, the Florida Legislature passed legislation to create two new forms of noncompetes for employers and businesses: a covered garden leave provision and a provision limiting noncompetes to a specific geographic...more

Younger Generations Looking to Sell: What Millennial and Gen X Business Owners Need to Know

Offit Kurman on 5/5/2025

I recently wrote about the “Gray Tsunami” and the mass numbers of Baby Boomers that will be retiring over the next few years. For Boomers, there are specific considerations that must be addressed if sale is their exit option....more

The Sunshine State Joins Kansas in Introducing Employer-Friendly Restrictive Covenant Legislation

Epstein Becker & Green on 5/2/2025

We recently reported that Kansas was in a minority of states to enact employer-friendly restrictive covenant legislation....more

Have Employees in Wyoming? Start Preparing for the Non-Compete Ban

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/2/2025

Effective July 1, 2025, Wyoming will restrict the enforceability of non-compete agreements. In enacting Senate Bill 107, Wyoming joins a growing list of states that have significantly restricted, or completely banned,...more

Massachusetts Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction for Noncompete Violations, Denies Injunction for Trademark Infringement

Lathrop GPM on 5/2/2025

A federal court in Massachusetts recently granted, in part, a Motion for Preliminary Injunction as to enforcement of franchise agreement noncompete covenants but denied the motion as to claims of trademark infringement,...more

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Has Spoken (Part Three)

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 5/2/2025

We have written about the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity approving and advancing bills out of committee. ...more

New Virginia Law Prohibits Noncompete Agreements With Non-Exempt Employees

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 5/2/2025

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin recently signed legislation expanding the state’s limitations on the use of noncompetition agreements in employment. Currently, Virginia prohibits employers from entering into noncompetes with...more

Antitrust Suits in Sports Could Shift the Rules of the Games

McCarter & English, LLP on 5/2/2025

Competition is the essence of sports. It fuels the players and the thrill of it entices fans to cheer for their favorite players, purchase memorabilia, and watch games. Outside of the games, however, players and coaches are...more

Class Action Alert: “Conflict of Interest” Policies Are the Newest Trend for Class Action Lawsuits Against Employers in Washington...

Buchalter on 5/2/2025

Following a recent Washington Supreme Court decision, plaintiffs’ attorneys in Washington are targeting a new type of class action claim against employers: alleged violations of Washington’s noncompetition statute based on...more

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