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Asset Protection 101 for New York Restaurant Owners with Real Estate Interests

Owning and operating a restaurant in New York comes with significant financial and legal responsibilities—especially when real estate is part of your investment portfolio. As a restaurant owner, you face unique risks that can...more

Offit Kurman

Essential Steps to Sell Your Business

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Join attorneys Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger from Offit Kurman as they discuss the essential steps business owners need to take to prepare for selling their business. Topics include ensuring your business operations are in...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Employees using free or unauthorized AI tools at work?

The rise of artificial intelligence has brought both opportunities and challenges to the workplace. However, a growing trend of employees using free or unauthorized AI tools poses significant risks, from security breaches to...more

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Considerations for Artificial Intelligence Policies in the Workplace

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In recent years, many organizations have implemented new policies on artificial intelligence (AI) use to help prevent bias, plagiarism, or use of AI tools that produce inaccurate or misleading information. Meanwhile, many...more

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What Every Business Should Know About AI in 2025: Legal Perspectives and Predictions

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Entering 2025, artificial intelligence (“AI”) has passed the hype stage and now drives transformation across industries by reshaping business operations, customer interactions, and regulatory environments. Understanding the...more

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2024 Trade Secrets Webinar Series Recap: Key Takeaways and Access to Recordings

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In 2024, Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group presented a series of dynamic and insightful CLE webinars, addressing pivotal challenges confronting businesses head-on. ...more

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No Non-Compete? Maybe not a problem as PepsiCo appears to be alive and well.

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In 2016, the Defend Trade Secret Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1836 (the “DTSA”), passed Congress and went into effect. At its heart, it effectively codified the Uniform Trade Secrets Act at the federal level, creating a federal cause of...more

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FTC Appeals Texas Court’s Decision to Set Aside the Noncompete Ban

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a notice of appeal of the Northern District of Texas’s decision granting plaintiffs’ summary judgment motion and “setting aside” the agency’s rule banning nearly all employee...more

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NLRB General Counsel Steps Up Remedies for Unlawful Noncompetes and Targets “Stay-or-Pay” Agreements

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On October 7, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) top prosecutor issued a memo to NLRB regional offices, solidifying the hard line her office will take on noncompete and “stay-or-pay” agreements and calling for...more

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Getting Sued for Using Photos of Employees

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Are you a Virginia business that uses employee photos to promote your organization or improve employee morale? Virginia Statute 8.01-40 provides a civil action for the unauthorized use of the name, portrait or picture of any...more

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My Employees Have Seen Too Much. Can I Make Them An Offer They Can’t Refuse?

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It is common knowledge that employers have a vested interest in the confidentiality and discretion of their employees, especially in emerging or sensitive industries. ...more

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The Saga’s Not Over – FTC Appeals Florida Court’s Stay of Non-Compete Rule

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Just over a month ago, employers throughout the United States breathed a sigh of relief after Judge Ada Brown in the Northern District of Texas issued a summary judgment ruling in the Ryan v. FTC litigation setting aside the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Rise of Trade Secret Litigation

Legal regimes are shifting, including in the intellectual property world as businesses increasingly seek the protection of trade secrets rather than patents to secure their confidential information. When the Defend Trade...more

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FTC Ban on Non-Competes Is Blocked — For Now

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Back in April 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule that would have banned non-compete agreements nationwide as of September 4, 2024. (You can read our alert on the FTC’s final rule here.) However, on...more

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Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 31: Trade Secrets and Protecting Confidential Information with Jennie...

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In this episode, our very own Jennie Cluverius sits down with Tina and Christy for part 1 of an in-depth conversation on how employers can protect their most confidential information from misappropriation. Jennie shares her...more

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Legal Update: New Illinois AI Law Requires Employee Notice, Affirms Existing Employer Nondiscrimination Duties

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 9, 2024, Illinois joined Colorado on the list of states that have enacted legislation specifically imposing obligations and restrictions on employers’ use of artificial intelligence to make...more

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Court Strikes Down FTC’s Non-Compete Ban

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On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, the United States District Court in Texas found the FTC rule banning non-compete agreements to be “arbitrary and capricious.”...more

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Court Rules that the FTC Rule Banning Non-Competition Clauses in Employment Agreements is Unlawful and Order Has “Nationwide...

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On August 20, 2024, the Northern District of Texas in the case of Ryan, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission granted summary judgment to the Plaintiff Ryan, LLC, enjoining the FTC from implementing its rule banning non-compete...more

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Court Strikes Down FTC’s Non-Compete Ban

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On July 10, 2024, we sent you an update informing you that Judge Ada Brown of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas had entered a preliminary injunction blocking the Federal Trade Commission...more

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Texas Court Sets Aside the FTC’s Non-Compete Rule with Nationwide Effect

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Employers that rely on non-compete agreements to protect their trade secrets and other legitimate business interests got some welcome news on August 20. The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final non-compete rule, which seeks...more

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FTC Ban on Worker Non-Competes Halted by Federal Court

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On August 20, 2024, a Texas federal court judge issued an order halting the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) non-compete rule, preventing it from taking effect on September 4, 2024. The order, issued by Judge Ada Brown, held...more

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Texas Federal Judge Blocks FTC Non-Compete Ban

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This week, Judge Ada E. Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan v. The Federal Trade Commission upheld a challenge by business groups to the FTC’s non-compete ban. In addition to confirming...more

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FTC Non-Compete Ban is Banned

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On August 20, 2024, a federal court in Texas permanently blocked the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) final rule banning most non-competes. U.S. District Judge Ada Brown granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in...more

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A Federal Court in Texas Strikes Down the FTC’s Nationwide Non-Compete Ban

On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Dallas Division) struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) non-compete rule, 16 CFR § 910.1-6, that was set to take effect...more

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Texas Court Holds ‘Em Off: FTC’s Impending Ban On Non-Competes Likely To Fold

On Tuesday, August 20, a Texas federal judge set aside the FTC’s “Non-Compete Rule” (the “Rule”).  This decision comes just two weeks before the FTC’s nationwide ban on non-competes was set to take effect.  The Court stated...more

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