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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your August 2025 To-Do List

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Here are the top ten items you should tackle in August, based on the latest workplace law developments and upcoming critical compliance dates...more

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Blakes upRound™: Juillet 2025

Dans cette édition - Ce que les fondateurs et les jeunes entreprises devraient savoir en matière de droit du travail pour protéger leurs intérêts à mesure que leur entreprise prend de la maturité....more

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Nebraska Enacts Marketplace Network Platform Statute

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On March 11, 2025, Nebraska passed a marketplace network platform statute that deems workers who use a marketplace network platform independent contractors under the state unemployment statute if certain conditions are met....more

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Employment Rights Bill: Crucial Updates for UK Employers Ahead of Final Commons Vote Tomorrow

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As anticipated, the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) continues to evolve — the latest development being the release of an amendment paper last week. But what do these latest changes really mean for U.K. employers?...more

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Ohio Employers May See Non-Competes and Stay-or-Pay Provisions Prohibited with Senate Bill 11

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

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How Does New York State's Fashion Workers Act Impact Modeling Businesses and Their Clients?

On December 21, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Fashion Workers Act (the "Act") into law, which provides greater protections for fashion workers and will take effect on June 19, 2025. The Act also imposes...more

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México: Incremento al valor de la Unidad de Medida y Actualización (UMA) para el 2025

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El 10 de enero de 2025, el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) publicó los nuevos valores para la Unidad de Medida y Actualización (en adelante “UMA”) que entrarán en vigor el 1 de febrero de 2025, de...more

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Pennsylvania Limits Noncompete Agreements for Health Care Practitioners

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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

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Pennsylvania Enacts Law Banning Certain Non-Compete Agreements with Healthcare Providers

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Washington’s Amended Non-Compete Law Creates New Considerations for Employers

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

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Washington State Tightens Noncompete Restrictions

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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

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California Extends Prohibition on Noncompete Agreements

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

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

[Hybrid Event] Employment Law Symposium - January 18th, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Please join us at our 2024 Employment Law Symposium. The afternoon program promises invaluable insights that will keep you and your talent team at the forefront of California employment law trends....more

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December Tip of the Month: New York Limits the Scope of Enforceable Employee Invention Assignment Agreements

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On September 15, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill 5640, which adds Section 203-f to the New York Labor Law. Section 203-f creates statutory limitations on an employer's use of invention...more

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New York Governor Vetoes Noncompete Ban Bill

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

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New York State Limits Remedies for Breach of Nondisclosure Provisions in Settlement Agreements

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On November 17, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law—which is effective immediately—banning clauses in agreements settling discrimination, retaliation, or harassment claims from requiring a complainant to pay...more

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Time for Employers to Modify Minnesota Protective Covenant Templates

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

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New York May Soon Ban Use of Non-Compete Agreements

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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

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The End of Non-Competes in New York? State Legislature Passes Non-Compete Ban Moving One Step Closer to the Edge

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

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New York Legislature Passes Noncompete Ban and Awaits Governor’s Signature

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

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New York State Legislature Passes Bill Banning Noncompete Agreements

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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

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New York State Moves to Ban Employee Non-Compete Agreements

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

President Biden Signs “Speak Out Act” Limiting the Enforceability of Non-Disclosure and Non-Disparagement Provisions in Sexual...

On December 7, 2022, President Biden signed the Speak Out Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act limits the enforceability of pre-dispute non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses relating to sexual assault and sexual...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

New Law Changes Non-Compete Landscape for D.C. Employers

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

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Federal Ban on Non-Competition Agreements Introduced in the House of Representatives

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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

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