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Senator Louis Blessing, III, Republican, and William DeMora, Democrat have introduced Senate Bill 11 which seeks to ban employers from requiring their employees to adhere to non-competes and certain stay or pay provisions. ...more
On July 17, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed House Bill (HB) 1633, the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act (the Act) into law. At a high level, the Act: (1) limits the enforceability of noncompetes...more
On July 23, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act (the “Act”), which bans certain noncompete covenants, including patient nonsolicitation provisions, between an...more
Washington Governor Jay Inslee recently signed Senate Bill 5935 into law, amending and expanding Washington’s statute restricting the enforceability of noncompetition covenants (Revised Code of Washington 49.2). The amended...more
Washington state businesses that have noncompetition agreements with employees or independent contractors will be subject to new requirements under the latest amendment to the state’s noncompetition law beginning June 6,...more
California law famously bans employee noncompetition agreements, under a statute enacted in 1872. As of January 1, 2024, new amendments to this age-old statute provide clarity about what is—and is not—enforceable....more
On December 22, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed the bill New York lawmakers delivered to her, which proposed a ban of nearly all types of noncompete agreements in employment. In so doing, she called for modifications to...more
For those employers who have not yet modified their Minnesota employment and non-compete templates, the time is now. Pursuant to MN SF 3035, as of July 1, 2023, Minnesota employers are prohibited from entering into...more
On June 20, 2023, the New York State Assembly passed bill A01278 (the “Bill”), which, if it goes into effect, will ban the use of new employee non-compete agreements in New York. The New York State Senate already passed the...more
A sweeping bill that would effectively ban all newly entered non-compete agreements (and potentially impact provisions and agreements that act as a de facto non-compete) for all employees, regardless of wage or income level,...more
The New York State Legislature has passed a bill that will prohibit employers from entering covenants not to compete with their employees and contractors. The bill specifically exempts nondisclosure and client nonsolicitation...more
The New York State Assembly passed a bill on June 20, 2023, which, if signed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, will impose a blanket ban on—and render unlawful—all future noncompete agreements. New York’s proposed law is the...more
New York inched closer to fully banning non-compete agreements on June 20, 2023, with the Legislature approving a bill banning their use in the future. The bill will soon be sent to Governor Kathy Hochul, who is expected to...more
The long-awaited Washington, D.C. non-compete and anti-moonlighting law finally went into effect on Oct. 1, 2022. At the end of 2020, the Washington, D.C. Council passed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of...more
On September 1, 2022, Representative Mike Garcia introduced H.R. 8755, titled The Restoring Workers’ Rights Act (“RWRA”) to the House of Representatives, and if it passes and is ultimately signed into law, it will ban...more
The District of Columbia prompted widespread outcry from the business community when it enacted one of the broadest bans on non-compete agreements in the country in early 2021. At least in part spurred by that outcry, this...more
A Colorado law will take effect in August 2022 that substantially changes what is permissible for non-compete and non-solicitation employment agreements. Currently, Colorado allows employers to require non-compete...more
Illinois employers will be far more restricted in their ability to bind employees to non-competition and non-solicitation agreements as result of an amendment to the Illinois law governing such agreements. The law amends the...more
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
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
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
On May 25, 2021, Governor Steve Sisolak signed Assembly Bill 47, revising the law regarding noncompetition covenants in Nevada. As originally drafted, Assembly Bill 47 would have repealed Nevada’s noncompetition statute…...more
On January 11, 2021, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (the “Act”), which, once effective, will be one of the broadest bans on non-compete agreements in the country. ...more
On January 11, 2021, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (the Act). The Act has significant implications for D.C. employers, even those that do not use...more
As 2020 approaches, employers in New England may want to review their noncompetition agreements to determine whether they comply with recently enacted laws in Rhode Island and New Hampshire. In 2019, both states passed laws...more