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Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a certain industry or locale. The purpose of these agreements is to protect employers or business purchasers from competition stemming from former employees or former owners of a business. less -

Client Alert: Florida’s New Employer-Friendly Noncompete Law Signals That It’s Open for Business

Jenner & Block on 7/15/2025

While many states recently have enacted laws making it harder for employers to enforce noncompetes, Florida is bucking the trend by enacting some of the strongest noncompete protections in the country. The newly enacted...more

Employment Law Update: Rescinding of General Counsel Memos Signals Policy Changes Ahead for NLRB

Whiteford on 2/27/2025

A change in presidential administrations generally results in a wide array of new developments for federal agencies. That is particularly true for the National Labor Relations Board, which has broad jurisdiction over union...more

2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Employment Matters

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 2/14/2025

Employment-related policies are undergoing rapid change, with regulatory shifts impacting the enforceability of non-competes, evolving unionization dynamics, and a growing focus on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)....more

DOJ and FTC Issue Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/12/2025

Four days before President Trump took office, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) (together, “the Agencies”) under the Biden administration released their “Antitrust Guidelines for Business...more

Noncompete Agreements: Updated Income Thresholds for 2025

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/28/2025

As our readers know, in 2024 the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed regulation to eliminate almost all noncompete agreements did not come to fruition — at least for now. As we reported earlier this month, however, the...more

Checklist: Texas Employment Agreements for Out-of-State Employers

Hendershot Cowart P.C. on 1/15/2025

Multistate employers with employees in Texas are subject to state laws regarding employment agreements. Whether your business is large or small, specific provisions within your agreements could render your agreements...more

Doing Business in California Guide Updated for 2025

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/10/2025

The allure of doing business in California is undeniable. It is the world’s fifth (and moving towards fourth) largest economy and a market of over 39 million people. For employers, however, California presents unique...more

FAQs About the FTC’s Broad New Ban on Noncompetes

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/27/2024

When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its long-awaited final rule banning virtually all noncompete clauses between workers and employers, it also published 500-plus pages of commentary....more

Federal Trade Commission proposes a noncompete ban: Five things to know

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 4/6/2023

By now, most compliance professionals are aware of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) press release from January 5, which announced its proposed rule to ban noncompete clauses. The FTC proposed adding a new subchapter J,...more

New Year, New Rules: The District of Columbia’s New Ban on Non-Compete Agreements

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/22/2021

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

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