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Illinois Non-Competes: Is Two Years of Employment Required?

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Can an employee working for an Illinois company bust their non-compete by resigning after 1 year and 364 days of employment? The new year brought with it an attempt by the State of Illinois to resolve that question with a...more

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Illinois Bill Modifying Non-Competition Agreements Nears Enactment

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to soon sign into law a bill that will make significant changes to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act and affect the enforceability of employee non-competition provisions. The General...more

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Illinois Passes Bill To Further Limit Restrictive Covenants For Employees

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After extensive negotiations between interest groups representing both employees and businesses, the Illinois General Assembly passed a major bill on May 31, 2021, that further limits and clarifies the circumstances in which...more

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Illinois Bill To Further Limit Use of Restrictive Covenants With Employees Headed To Governor’s Desk

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The Illinois General Assembly passed a major bill on May 31, 2021, that further limits and clarifies the circumstances in which restrictive covenants can be enforced against Illinois employees. Governor J. B. Pritzker is...more

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Funny You Should Ask: Employer Considerations For Rehiring Employees

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As more businesses begin to reintegrate employees into their pre-pandemic workplaces, many of our clients have questions regarding return-to-work issues. In this edition of Funny You Should Ask, we address three questions...more

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Remote Work Checklist for Employers

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With the health outlook uncertain and the vaccination process months away from completion, many companies that shifted to remote work environments during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic still have employees working...more

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[Virtual Event] Hot Employee Mobility Issues in the COVID-19 Era - November 12th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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COVID-19 has not only created a plethora of workplace safety, accommodation, and leave issues, it has also created new employee mobility challenges for employers: - How can employers maintain the “trade secret” status of...more

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Employees Laid Off As A Result Of COVID-19 Ask Courts To Find Their Non-Compete Agreements Unenforceable

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Since the onset of COVID-19 and the related business shut-downs, employers across the country have been forced to make the difficult decision to lay off or terminate many of their employees. Of the tens of millions who have...more

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Part 26 of “The Restricting Covenant” Series: COVID-19 Edition

The global COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact employers and their employees’ work activities in a variety of ways. Millions of workers have been terminated, laid off or furloughed. Companies have shifted to remote...more

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Enforcing Non-Compete Agreements in a Pandemic

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Since the federal government declared a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor has reported over 40 million new claims for unemployment benefits. With some estimates indicating...more

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Noncompete Considerations for Employers Implementing COVID-19 Cost-Cutting Measures and Operational Changes

As COVID-19 continues to spread and economic uncertainty persists, many employers are implementing layoffs, pay cuts, furloughs and other operational changes that could cause them to lose the ability to enforce their...more

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First Circuit Rules on Post-employment Restrictions as COVID-19 Restrictions Ease and Employees Return to Work

As employers reopen their businesses following closures or reductions in operations required during the COVID-19 pandemic, many are grappling with the fraught and complex task of bringing laid-off or furloughed employees back...more

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Non-Compete Enforcement Considerations in the Context of a Reduction-in-Force

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented economic disruption, forcing many employers to reduce their workforce. In the face of state and local shutdown orders and a sudden drop in business, many employers moved...more

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Restrictive Covenant Agreements

COVID Furloughs, Layoffs or Job Modifications May Void Your Existing Non-Competition Agreements - With Rhode Island and Massachusetts having recently commenced Phase 2 of each of their respective “Reopenings,” more and...more

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COVID-19 Fallout: Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants Against Furloughed and Laid Off Employees

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many employers to make the difficult decision to institute mandatory furloughs and lay off valued employees. Invariably, some of the employees who stand to be affected by these decisions are...more

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