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When creating or updating employment contracts, it’s important to carefully review any non-compete provisions as laws vary by state and many have recently changed. Roetzel shareholder Ericka Adler provides guidance to...more
Imagine this: You are filling a senior level position. You review hundreds of resumes, conduct dozens of screening interviews, and coordinate final interviews of the top candidates. After selecting the company’s top choice,...more
With the Federal Trade Commission’s non-compete ban out of the picture, the Supreme Court barring most universal injunctions, and the National Labor Relations’ Board directive identifying non-compete agreements as violating...more
As of July 1, 2025, Wyoming joins a growing list of states that bar employers from entering into non-competition agreements with most workers. The new law voids existing and new non-competes, with exceptions for the sale of a...more
On Mar. 19, 2025, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed Senate Bill 107 into law, fundamentally reshaping the landscape for non-compete agreements in a major legislative move that will impact employers across Wyoming. Effective...more
Prior to the enactment of Georgia’s Restrictive Covenant Act (“GRCA”), Georgia courts uniformly struck down non-compete provisions that used “in any capacity language”, i.e., a non-compete that prohibited an employee from...more
Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2023 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. In this issue of the Advisor, we cover three of those sharply divided...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has found its first target under recent guidance issued in a memo from its General Counsel claiming that noncompete agreements may violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more
In December 2020, Washington, D.C. enacted one of the country’s most sweeping non-compete bans to date. The original Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020, which was signed into law by D.C. Mayor Muriel...more
Colorado employers have less than two months to bring their noncompetition restrictions into compliance with HB22-1317, a bill passed by the Colorado Legislature in May 2022. HB22-1317, also known as the Restrictive...more
I have posted a few times here about using post-employment restrictions to preserve a manufacturer’s competitive advantage. See “Non-Compete Cautionary Tale” (Nov, 2, 2018); “I’m New – And It’s No [Trade] Secret” (Oct. 27,...more
On May 8, 2019, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed new restrictions on noncompetition covenants for Washington employees. The new restrictions are effective January 1, 2020. Key elements of this new law include the...more