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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... more +
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 -
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Maryland’s 2024 Legislative Session Brings Substantial New Obligations for Employers

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The Maryland General Assembly recently adjourned for the year, but not before legislators enacted changes to Maryland employment law. The new compliance obligations required by these changes are summarized below...more

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Important Changes to Washington’s Noncompete Law

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A bill amending Washington’s noncompete law (RCW 49.62) goes into effect on June 6, 2024. One of the changes will require prompt review and likely revisions of existing non-solicitation agreements....more

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New Laws Reinforce California’s Hostility to Non-Competes with Notice Obligations and Civil Penalties

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California recently enacted two bills — SB 699 and AB 1076 — amending and adding to Section 16600 of the California Business and Professions Code to broaden the scope of California’s already expansive prohibitions on...more

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Colorado’s Amended Equal Pay for Equal Work Act: What Employers Need to Know Now

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The requirements of Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA) are changing. Since January 1, 2021, Part 2 of the EPEWA has required transparency in pay and job opportunities. Last summer, however, the Colorado...more

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Important Changes to California Non-Compete Laws to Take Effect in January 2024

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Employers should take stock of restrictive covenant agreements that their current and former workforce have signed and which remain in effect. California recently passed two laws amending Section 16600 of the California...more

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California Enacts Additional Restrictions on Employer Noncompete Agreements

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The California Legislature has sought in recent years to expand the rights of employees in nearly every facet of business in California. Employer restrictions on an employee’s ability to work in the same industry after...more

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California Expands Its Ban on Noncompetes with New Amendment

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In July, we wrote about a bill passed by the New York State Assembly which, if signed by the governor, will prohibit nearly all noncompete agreements for workers in New York. We also wrote about a Minnesota law that went into...more

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Do as I Say And as I Do – California Amends Its Non-Compete Law

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On the heels of the New York and FTC non-competition legislation (discussed here and here), Governor Newsom recently signed an amendment to California’s non-compete ban into law. The amendment, S.B. 699, takes effect on...more

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2023 State Employment Law Updates: From Pay to Hair, Cannabis, and More

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The coming new year brings new changes, new goals, and newly amended employment laws. Although some jurisdictions jumped the gun (looking at you D.C. noncompete law), starting on January 1, many states are implementing new...more

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What We Don’t Know: Ten Unanswered Questions Regarding Colorado’s Newly-Amended Noncompete Statute

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Some of the changes imposed by the 2022 amendments to Colorado’s noncompete statute (C.R.S. §8-2-113) are clear and unambiguous. The amendments eliminated the former exception for management employees, imposed salary...more

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New Non-Compete Legislation Takes Effect in D.C

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Washington, D.C.’s new non-compete law, the “Non-Compete Clarification Amendment Act of 2022” (the “Amended Act”) went into effect last month. As of October 1, 2022, employers operating in the District of Columbia are...more

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ICYMI: Employee Non-Compete Agreements No Longer Allowed in D.C.

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The Council of the District of Columbia passed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (the “Act”), one of the strictest bans on employee non-compete agreements in the country, approximately two years ago....more

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A Welcome Reprieve: Ensuring Compliance with DC's Amended Non-Compete Law

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​​​​​​​In July 2022, the DC Council approved modifications to its previously enacted Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act (the "Act"), previously discussed here. The Act, which had yet to take effect, contained some of...more

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D.C. Council Amends Non-Compete Law After Backlash – What Employers Need to Know Before October 1

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After passing some of the nation’s strictest regulations on employer use of non-compete agreements, the D.C. Council has backtracked on some of the law’s most controversial provisions. Employers who rely on non-competes may...more

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‘It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again’: the District of Columbia’s Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Takes Effect on October 1, 2022

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​​​​​​​After more than two years of delay and amendment, the District of Columbia’s Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020, which was introduced in the pre-pandemic days of 2020, will finally take legal effect on...more

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Illinois Amends Nurse Agency Licensing Act to Prohibit Noncompetes and Add New Reporting Requirements

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​​​​​​​With little press coverage, Illinois just amended the Nurse Agency Licensing Act (House Bill (HB) 4666) to prohibit noncompete agreements between nurse staffing agencies and nurses or certified nursing assistants...more

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D.C. Non-Compete Ban Narrowed by D.C. Council

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In December of 2020, the D.C. City Council passed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020, which would have added D.C. to a growing list of states and localities that either completely ban or severely limit...more

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Is Continued Employment Still Enough? Given Recent Amendments to Colorado Noncompete Statute, Continued At-Will Employment May no...

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In Lucht's Concrete Pumping, Inc. v. Horner, 255 P.3d 1058 (Colo. 2011), the Colorado Supreme Court held that continued at-will employment provides sufficient consideration for a noncompetition covenant entered into after the...more

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Colorado Overhauls Noncompete Law to Limit Enforcement to High Wage Earners, Impose Penalties for Employer Violations

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Colorado has enacted the most significant change to its legal landscape concerning restrictive covenants in the employment context in the state’s history. By enacting House Bill (HB) 22-1317, Colorado has a) eliminated a...more

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Ontario’s Employment Laws: Several Significant Changes Coming Under Bill 27, the Working for Workers Act, 2021

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On November 30, 2021, the Government of Ontario passed Bill 27, the Working for Workers Act, 2021. Bill 27 amends a number of statutes, including the Employment Standards Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. ...more

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Ontario Proposes Limiting “On-Call” Practice, Eliminating Non-Compete Agreements, and More

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The government of Ontario has introduced legislation that they proclaim will “make the province the best place for people to work, live and raise a family.” The legislation, Bill 27 - the Working for Workers Act, 2021 (“Bill...more

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Governor Pritzker Signs Illinois Noncompete Legislation Into Law

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On August 13, 2021, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 672, an amendment to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. While the law codifies substantive Illinois common law on restrictive covenants, it...more

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Significant Changes to Illinois Restrictive Covenants Law - What Employers Need to Know

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At the end of the legislative session, the Illinois legislature amended the “Illinois Freedom to Work Act” in a manner that dramatically alters the landscape of Illinois Restrictive Covenant Law. Perhaps by design, there was...more

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Illinois Gets More Restrictive on Restrictive Covenants

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Employers seeking to impose restrictive covenants upon employees will face substantial new hurdles beginning January 1, 2022. Previously, the Illinois Freedom to Work Act barred employers from requiring “low wage” workers...more

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Illinois Ushers In New Restrictions On Non-competes and Non-solicits

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On the heels of the bi-partisan introduction of the Workforce Mobility Act in Congress in February 2021, on May 31, 2021, the Illinois General Assembly passed amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (the “Amendments”)...more

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