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End of NY Legislative Session Leaves Employers Watching Key Workplace Bills

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New York’s two-year 2025-2026 legislative session hit its midpoint in June, with lawmakers wrapping up the first year by passing a slew of workplace-related bills that now await action from Governor Hochul. As federal labor...more

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Noncompete Agreements – Employer Options and Strategies to Reduce Risks

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The federal district court for the Northern District of Texas has issued an order in the Ryan case staying the effective date on a nationwide basis the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Rules banning...more

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Your Non-Compete and Trade Secrets To-Do List for August 2024

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Courts and lawmakers around the country are constantly refining the laws on non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure agreements, which means employers need to stay up to speed in order to prevent unfair...more

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Protecting Confidential Intellectual Property in the Wake of the FTC’s “Final Rule” Against Non-Competition Provisions

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As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) implements “the final rule” banning non-competes, businesses with sensitive intellectual property (IP) must look to alternative measures to safeguard it. Despite apprehension about the...more

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The Federal Trade Commission Ban on Non-Competes and its Impact on Transitioning Representatives and Advisors

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its final rule banning non-compete provisions nationwide (the Rule). While the FTC contends that non-competes keep wages low, suppress new ideas and stifle the...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

FTC Final Rule Banning Non-Competes Faces Uncertainty

The Federal Trade Commission’s final rule banning non-competes was published in the Federal Register Tuesday, potentially becoming effective on September 4, 2024. The new rule would prohibit employers from imposing...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

FTC Non-Compete Ban: What Employers Need To Know

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a final rule (the “Rule”) that would ban almost all non-competition agreements in the United States.  The Rule comes a little over a year since the FTC proposed...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Attacks on Non-Disclosure, Confidentiality, and Non-Compete Agreements in 2023

On several fronts in 2023, we saw federal agencies and entities attacking the scope and enforceability of certain employment agreements, including non-disclosure, confidentiality, and non-compete agreements. Employers need to...more

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SuperVision - Labor & Employment Insights, Issue 4, December 2023

Attacks on Non-Disclosure, Confidentiality, and Non-Compete Agreements in 2023 - On several fronts in 2023, we saw federal agencies and entities attacking the scope and enforceability of certain employment agreements,...more

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Developments in Employee Mobility: California’s SB 699, New York’s 203-f and FTC/DOL Collaboration

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Employers take note: a series of recent developments could impact employment agreements across the country. SB 699: A New Addition to California Non-Compete Law- Under California Business and Professions Code Section...more

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Colorado’s POWR Act Comes With Significant Risks for Employers

As the most substantive worker rights bill from this year’s legislative session, Colorado’s newly enacted Protecting Opportunities and Workers’ Rights (POWR) Act radically changes state employment laws. Imposing a new...more

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Can Non-Disclosure Agreements Survive the Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Rule to Ban Non-Compete Agreements?

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On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule, that if enacted, would categorically ban nearly all non-compete agreements, with a very limited exception for non-compete agreements in...more

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New York State Poised to Ban Non-Competes

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On June 20, 2023, the New York State Assembly passed A1278B, which amends the state’s labor law to prohibit non-compete agreements (the “Bill”). The Assembly’s passage of the Bill, which comes on the heels of the New York...more

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What Cos. Should Know about Minn. Noncompete Statute

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Many jurisdictions have recently passed legislation restricting the use of noncompetes through compensation thresholds and other procedural hurdles and limitations, but they have avoided adopting a full-throated ban on...more

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Minnesota Is Poised to Enact a Law Banning Virtually All Non-Compete Agreements

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A proposed law banning virtually all covenants not to compete (also known as non-compete agreements) is headed to the Minnesota State Senate and House of Representatives, where it is widely expected to pass.  Once it arrives...more

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Federal Trade Commission proposes a noncompete ban: Five things to know

By now, most compliance professionals are aware of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) press release from January 5, which announced its proposed rule to ban noncompete clauses. The FTC proposed adding a new subchapter J,...more

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Employment Laws Shaping 2023

2023 is in full swing. While everyone is abuzz about ChatGPT taking over the world, a newly divided Congress is finding its sea legs and state capitols are eyeing new regulations. Agencies and courts have taken up hot-button...more

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Client Alert: Stakeholders Speak Out During Webinar on FTC’s Proposed Rule Banning Noncompetes

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Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted another public forum on its proposed rule to ban noncompetition agreements (noncompetes). While the public forum provided opportunity to those for and against noncompetes to...more

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How Will Proposed FTC Rule on Non-Compete Agreements Affect Your Business?

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On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed rule that, if enacted, would amount to a near-total ban on the use of non-compete agreements nationwide. If enacted as written, the FTC’s proposed...more

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Non-competition Agreements under Scrutiny at State and Federal Level

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Employee restrictive covenants, in particular non-competition agreements, are under scrutiny at the state and federal level. State legislatures are working to narrow the circumstances under which restrictive covenants may be...more

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How Will Proposed FTC Rule on Non-Compete Agreements Affect Your Business?

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On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed rule that, if enacted, would amount to a near-total ban on the use of non-compete agreements nationwide. If enacted as written, the FTC’s proposed...more

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Client Alert: FTC Director’s Comments Continue the Concern and Confusion about Proposed Non-Compete Ban

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On January 11, 2023, Elizabeth Wilkins, the Federal Trade Commission’s Director of the Office of Planning and lead staffer for the FTC’s newly proposed ban on non-competes, provided comments and answered questions about the...more

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President Biden and the FTC Seek to Put the Final Nail in the Coffin for Non-Compete Agreements

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a notice of a proposed rulemaking that would prohibit employers from enforcing non-compete agreements against all employees and would preempt state laws that...more

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FTC Proposes Rule Eliminating Non-Compete Agreements Nationwide

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On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed a new rule banning non-compete agreements. The 218-page notice of proposed rulemaking details the FTC’s position on the value (or lack thereof) of...more

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No More Non-Competes? Impact of FTC’s Proposed Rule

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Non-compete agreements have had a target on their back for some time, with several state laws already on the books to prohibit or significantly limit their use. (See laws in California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Maryland,...more

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