Jurisdiction, New Legislation, Employment Contract

Florida’s CHOICE Act: Offering Unprecedented, New Tools to Employers to Prevent Unfair Competition

Cole Schotz on 8/13/2025

As of its July 3, 2025 effective date, the Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (“CHOICE”) Act dramatically overhauled Florida’s restrictive covenant framework. While many states...more

Florida’s CHOICE Act Enacted: Helping Employers Read Between the Lines of the New Non-Compete Law

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/5/2025

Florida’s CHOICE Act, short for “Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth” (CHOICE), is now law. For details of the Act, see Florida’s CHOICE Act Offers Employers Unprecedented Tools...more

North Carolina Law Adds Predictability to Litigation Involving Business Contracts

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 10/11/2018

North Carolina businesses commonly enter into contracts to buy or sell goods and services west of Murphy, north of Mt. Airy, south of Charlotte, and even east of Ocracoke. When contracts such as these extend beyond state...more

Massachusetts Enacts Law on Noncompete Agreements

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/14/2018

• Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker recently signed into law the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (Act), governing noncompetition agreements signed on or after Oct. 1, 2018, by employees and independent contractors...more

New North Carolina Law Adds Predictability to Litigation Involving Business Contracts

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 9/20/2017