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One Year Out from World Cup 2026: Key Considerations

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As organizations prepare for the 2026 Men’s World Cup, co-hosted across 16 North American cities, it is vital for such entities to begin weighing several key considerations to ensure a successful and compliant event. This...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Rescheduling Marijuana FAQs: Cannabis-Related Investments

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On May 21, 2024, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) filed the Proposed Rule to move marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to Schedule III of the CSA. In light of the rescheduling marijuana news,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

International Legal Highlights / Spring, 2024

DOJ DOUBLES DOWN ON CORPORATE ENFORCEMENT WITH NEW WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM - During the 2024 American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime (the 2024 White Collar Conference) earlier in March US Attorney...more

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Alternatives to Noncompetes: Intellectual Property Alternatives to Noncompetes

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Intellectual Property Alternatives to Noncompetes is Part Three of BakerHostetler's three-part series, "Alternatives to Noncompetes.” Questions & Comments: jsiegal@bakerlaw.com, jacox@bakerlaw.com....more

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ArentFox Schiff Issues the First Global Definitive Legal Guide for Industries Navigating AI

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Artificial intelligence promises to transform the way we live and work and its impact will undoubtedly stretch to every business sector across the globe. This next generation of technology brings exciting possibilities and...more

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

FTC’s Proposed Ban on Noncompetes: What’s Next for Employers?

Despite the unprecedented and sweeping proposal by the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) to ban post-employment noncompetes, employers should continue to look to applicable state law regarding drafting and enforcing...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Low Wage and Employee Classification Limits on Non-Compete Agreements

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Over the past few years, states across the country have sought to limit or reduce the use of employee non-compete agreements. While some states have imposed outright bans on such agreements, many more have passed laws that...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

[Podcast]: Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendments Act of 2020

Tune in as we discuss “The Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020,” a law that is set to take effect in our nation’s capital in 2022. The law essentially bans all employers from entering into any agreements that...more

Williams Mullen

[Webinar] CLE Institute 2021 - October 8th, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EDT

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We are pleased to present the 2021 Williams Mullen CLE Institute, a virtual legal education program aimed to educate and provide timely legal guidance, as well as to help you to secure your CLE credits. Our 2021 programs...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Millions of American workers are shackled by absurd non-compete agreements. Companies need to stop needlessly restricting workers.

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President Biden has directed the FTC to crack down on non-competition agreements. Non-compete clauses can unfairly hinder the mobility of low-level workers due to disparate bargaining power. Originally Published in...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

DC Ban on Non-Competes Postponed to April 1, 2022

As we previously reported, earlier this year the District of Columbia enacted the The Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act (the “Act”), which creates the broadest non-compete ban in the country. The Act essentially...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Illinois Freedom to Work Act Imposes New Restrictions on Restrictive Covenants

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Note - This article has been updated to reflect that the amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act discussed in our June 9, 2021 article have now been signed into law. The law goes into effect January 1, 2022. Joining...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Illinois Governor Signs Restrictive Covenant Bill Into Law

On August 13, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law an amendment to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (820 ILCS § 90), which imposes restrictions on the use of non-competition and non-solicitation (employee and...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 5.6.2021 | Top Story: Peloton Recalls All Treadmills Over Child-Safety Concerns

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Peloton has recalled all of its treadmill models—the Tread+ and Tread—“less than a month after it fought the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission as it warned that dozens of injuries and one death of a child had been...more

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Doing business in the United States

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The U.S. is one of the easiest jurisdictions in the world in which to do business1 . 1 Regulatory barriers are generally low, establishing a branch or business entity is quick and easy, labor and employment laws are much...more

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District of Columbia Bans the Enforcement of New Non-Compete Agreements

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On December 15, 2020, the District of Columbia Council unanimously passed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020, under which the District of Columbia joins California and a small handful of jurisdictions...more

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The Future of Employment Non-Competes: The Federal Trade Commission Considers Rulemaking and Signals an Appetite for Stricter...

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In short, the petitioners asked for a rule that non-competes are an unfair method of competition that is illegal per se under Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Further, they asked that any employer presenting,...more

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Key takeaways from the FTC's noncompete workshop

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On 9 January 2020 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a public workshop in Washington, D.C. to assess whether it should "promulgate a Commission Rule that would restrict the use of non-compete clauses in employer-employee...more

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That Was Quick—Massachusetts Legislature Seeks to Clarify 2018 Non-Compete Law, and to Exempt Physician Assistants

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Last summer, after a decade of fits and starts, and just minutes before the end of the 2018 legislative session, the Massachusetts legislature finally passed comprehensive non-compete reform, which went into effect on October...more

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Updated USMCA a Breath of Fresh Air in a Distressed Trading World

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The updated USMCA was signed on December 10, 2019. These are not business-as-usual times in the trading world. As we know, there is the ongoing trade war with China, Brazil and Argentina are back in the steel and aluminum...more

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Rhode Island Joins the Fray, Passing Legislation that Restricts the Use of Non-Compete Agreements for Certain Low-Wage Workers

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Following in the footsteps of its neighbors Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, Rhode Island recently enacted legislation that restricts the use of non-competition agreements with certain types of employees. The Rhode...more

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Retroactivity Provision in Washington State’s New Law Limiting Non-Competes May Face Court Challenges

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This is the third blog by our Trade Secrets , Computer Fraud & Non-Competes team dealing with Washington state’s House Bill 1450, which dramatically alters non-compete agreements within the state. This blog discusses...more

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Congress Aims to Restrict Use of Non-Competes Nationwide

As reported by Trade Secrets Watch last month, several states (including Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island) recently passed legislation curtailing the use of non-compete agreements.  Now, the federal government...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Another Year, Another Attempt in the U.S. Senate to Ban Non-Competes Nationwide

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Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) have introduced legislation entitled the Workforce Mobility Act (“WMA”). The WMA, like its prior incarnation from last year, seeks to ban non-compete agreements outside...more

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Lucky Seven: Rhode Island the Seventh State to Pass a Statute Governing Non-Compete Agreements During 2019

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Rhode Island is the latest state to jump on the bandwagon of limiting the application of non-compete agreements, with its Rhode Island Noncompetition Agreement Act (the “Act”)....more

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