As state legislatures continue to reshape the landscape of restrictive covenants in the wake of federal uncertainty, Texas is one of the latest to amend its existing laws governing non-compete agreements for healthcare...more
This week, on our Spilling Secrets podcast series, our panelists discuss the current status of non-compete agreements across the nation:
Non-compete legislation is evolving rapidly at the state level, with new laws taking...more
6/25/2025
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In the wake of the nationwide injunction last year barring the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) attempted Noncompete Ban, states have continued to legislate the scope of enforceable restrictive covenants, especially...more
6/18/2025
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On July 17, 2024, Governor Josh Shapiro approved Pennsylvania’s first statute imposing limitations on the use of noncompetes in the state....more
7/23/2024
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As we previously reported, Minnesota will soon become only the fourth state (along with California, Oklahoma and North Dakota) to ban noncompetes.
The state’s new law renders void and unenforceable all covenants not to...more
6/30/2023
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New York State’s noncompete ban has passed both houses of the state legislature and now awaits Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature.
Epstein Becker Green attorney David J. Clark details how this proposed ban would affect...more
Two states recently have enacted restrictions on noncompete agreements being used within certain professions.
In Maine, on June 1, 2023, the Governor signed into law LD 688/ HP 457, entitled “An Act to Protect Access to...more