Legislative Agendas, Contract Terms, Non-Compete Agreements

In the Fight Against Noncompete Agreements, Florida Chooses Employers

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/16/2025

The Florida Legislature passed the “Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act” last month to provide employers two new outlets for protecting confidential information and...more

New York Legislature Considers Revised Non-Compete Ban

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/27/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York State Assembly has joined the State Senate in passing legislation to prohibit non-compete clauses in employment contracts. The bill now heads to the Governor and, if signed into law, would void...more

New York Governor: “Balance” Is Needed on Noncompete Bill

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/30/2023

As we predicted when the New York legislature passed a bill that would ban noncompetes in the state without even an exception for the sale of a business, Governor Kathy Hochul has said that she wants changes to the bill –...more

State Law Restrictive Covenants Update

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 6/30/2022

Nelson Mullins is continuously monitoring trends and state law changes regarding restrictive covenants in employment agreements. Several states have recently enacted or modified legislation that may significantly restrict an...more

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/17/2019

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

Congress Aims to Restrict Use of Non-Competes Nationwide

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 11/4/2019

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

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/31/2019

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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