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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 -

Beltway Buzz - July 2024 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/29/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

Rhode Island Legislative Update

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 7/2/2024

It is that time of year again, when the Rhode Island legislature ends its session and passes a number of laws that affect businesses with Rhode Island-based employees. 2024 was no different. Though in some ways this year was...more

July is Still the New January! Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute’s Mid-Year Legislative Report

Littler on 6/21/2024

Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report! As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law...more

Washington’s Amended Non-Compete Law Creates New Considerations for Employers

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/21/2024

Washington Governor Jay Inslee recently signed Senate Bill 5935 into law, amending and expanding Washington’s statute restricting the enforceability of noncompetition covenants (Revised Code of Washington 49.2). The amended...more

Washington State Tightens Noncompete Restrictions

Perkins Coie on 5/2/2024

Washington state businesses that have noncompetition agreements with employees or independent contractors will be subject to new requirements under the latest amendment to the state’s noncompetition law beginning June 6,...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: April 26, 2024

McDermott+ on 4/26/2024

A Quiet Healthcare Week on Capitol Hill. Congress was largely in recess this week, although the Senate returned briefly to complete consideration of a long-awaited foreign aid bill. Both chambers will return to session the...more

New York City proposes multiple bills to ban non-competes

A&O Shearman on 4/2/2024

On February 28, 2024, members of the New York City Council proposed three bills that would restrict non-competes at various levels. This development follows the New York state legislature’s proposed non-compete ban, which...more

Employment Flash - March 2024

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/25/2024

In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more

New Legislative Session, New Attempts at Banning Non-Competes in New York (City)

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 3/14/2024

Following the recent failed attempt at broadly banning non-compete agreements in New York statewide (discussed here), three new bills were just introduced to do the same, this time in New York City. The most comprehensive,...more

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Vetoes Proposed Ban on Non-Competes

ArentFox Schiff on 1/18/2024

New York’s potential ban of non-competition agreements was curtailed by Governor Kathy Hochul. In June 2023, the state legislature passed a bill calling for a broad prohibition on non-competes. But in December 2023, the...more

Governor Hochul Vetoes New York Bill Banning Non-Compete Agreements

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/10/2024

On December 22, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed legislation passed by New York lawmakers this past summer, which sought to ban nearly all non-competition agreements state-wide (as previously reported here). In a memo...more

New York Governor Vetoes Proposed Noncompete Ban

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 1/3/2024

On December 22, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed S3100, a bill which would have prohibited virtually all contractual noncompete agreements restricting workers’ ability to leave their job for a role with a rival...more

New York state non-competes ban vetoed by governor

A&O Shearman on 1/2/2024

On December 22, 2023, the governor of New York State vetoed a state bill that sought to ban non-compete agreements for employees and other service providers. The bill was passed by the New York State Legislature on June...more

New York Governor Vetoes Proposed Ban on Noncompete Agreements

Troutman Pepper on 12/29/2023

Q. Did New York institute a ban against noncompete agreements? ...more

UPDATE: New York State Set to Prohibit Non-Compete Agreements [VETOED]

White & Case LLP on 12/28/2023

Update: On December 22, 2023, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed the bill that would ban all new non-competition agreements for workers in New York. News reports indicate that Governor Hochul sought to limit the ban...more

New York Non-Compete Ban is Off the Table—For Now

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/27/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: Efforts to prohibit non-compete agreements in New York State are back to square one following Governor Hochul’s veto of an outright ban in late December 2023....more

New York Legislature Considers Revised Non-Compete Ban

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/27/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York State Assembly has joined the State Senate in passing legislation to prohibit non-compete clauses in employment contracts. The bill now heads to the Governor and, if signed into law, would void...more

New California Laws Take Aim at Employee Restrictive Covenants

Payne & Fears on 12/6/2023

Despite California’s longstanding policies, statutes, and robust case law in the non-compete arena, the Legislature recently enacted two new provisions seeking to provide further protections against non-compete agreements in...more

New York Governor: “Balance” Is Needed on Noncompete Bill

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/30/2023

As we predicted when the New York legislature passed a bill that would ban noncompetes in the state without even an exception for the sale of a business, Governor Kathy Hochul has said that she wants changes to the bill –...more

California Expands Prohibition Against Non-Competes

Fenwick & West LLP on 10/2/2023

On September 1, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB 699, which amends California Business & Professions Code Section 16600 to prohibit employers from entering into, or attempting to enforce,...more

California Reaches Across State Lines to Invalidate Employee Non-Compete Agreements

Littler on 9/7/2023

We are in the final stretch of the California legislature’s first year of a two-year session. One bill that sped through the legislative process—without any registered opposition—is Senate Bill 699, which extends the state’s...more

Policy Matters Newsletter - June 2023

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/29/2023

Aaaaaand we're back! As we did around the same time last year, we would like the thank the readers for y’all’s patience during our summer hiatus to allow our authors to take a short break to get some Vitamin D and replenish....more

June Tip of the Month: New York State Legislature Passes Bill Banning Noncompete Agreements

Perkins Coie on 6/28/2023

On June 20, 2023, the New York State Legislature passed a bill which, if signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, will impose a blanket ban on—and render unlawful—all future noncompete agreements in New York. As explained more fully...more

Proposed Broad Non-Compete Ban Looms for New York Employment Sector

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 6/27/2023

On June 20, 2023, the New York Senate sent bill S.3100A/A.1278B to the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul to prohibit non-competition agreements broadly throughout New York State. This bill, if signed into law, will take effect...more

New York Lawmakers Propose Banning Noncompete Agreements

FordHarrison on 6/26/2023

Executive Summary: This month both the New York State (NYS) Senate and the NYS Assembly passed identical bills that effectively ban all noncompete agreements in the state of New York. If signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, the...more

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