2022 was a relatively quiet year in terms of noncompete developments. However, both state legislatures and courts continued to take steps to narrow the circumstances under which noncompetition and employee non-solicitation...more
12/28/2022
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Mobility ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Legislative Agendas ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
State Legislatures
In the best of economic times, some courts can be reluctant to grant immediate injunctive relief and enjoin an employee from working in order to enforce employee post-employment restrictive covenants. Now that we are in the...more
10/6/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Ex Parte ,
Misappropriation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Post-Employment Communications ,
Remote Proceedings ,
Remote Working ,
Restraining Orders ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Trade Secrets
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, which extended federal statutory protections to the LGBT community, many have wondered how that decision might impact other employment...more
Class action litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has exploded over the last several years. An ongoing issue has been the proper forum for such cases, namely whether there is constitutional,...more
If there was any question about whether there is a growing national trend to limit the enforceability of noncompetition agreements, 2019 settled the matter. Seven states enacted new statutes designed to limit the...more