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Preliminary Injunctions

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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 -

Florida CHOICE Act Expands Enforceability of Non-Compete and Garden Leave Agreements

McGlinchey Stafford on 8/14/2025

On July 1, 2025, Florida’s Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act took effect, ushering in substantial changes to the state’s non-compete law under Florida Statute §...more

Florida’s CHOICE Act: Offering Unprecedented, New Tools to Employers to Prevent Unfair Competition

Cole Schotz on 8/13/2025

As of its July 3, 2025 effective date, the Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (“CHOICE”) Act dramatically overhauled Florida’s restrictive covenant framework. While many states...more

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Florida’s New Non-Compete Law Shakes Up the Sunshine State

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/5/2025

The Sunshine State just got brighter for Florida employers seeking to enforce non-compete agreements. On April 24, 2025, the Florida legislature passed the Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and...more

Florida’s CHOICE Act Enacted: Helping Employers Read Between the Lines of the New Non-Compete Law

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/5/2025

Florida’s CHOICE Act, short for “Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth” (CHOICE), is now law. For details of the Act, see Florida’s CHOICE Act Offers Employers Unprecedented Tools...more

Florida Clinches Spot as Most Enforcement-Friendly State for Non-Competes: 3 Steps Employers Should Take Now

Fisher Phillips on 7/10/2025

Florida just enacted a new law that seals its status as the most enforcement-friendly state in the country for non-compete and garden leave agreements. The “Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality,...more

Florida Legislature Increases Employer Protections Through Non-Compete Agreements

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP on 6/27/2025

On April 24, 2025, the Florida legislature passed the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth, or CHOICE, Act. The CHOICE Act goes into effect on July 1, 2025. The CHOICE...more

Battle Over/War Isn’t: Employer Considerations Now That FTC Non-Compete Ban Is Set Aside

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/30/2024

A Texas court has set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) Final Rule banning almost all non-compete clauses days before it was set to take effect on Sept. 4. Ryan LLC v. FTC, No. 3:24-CV-00986-E, 2024 U.S. Dist....more

Federal Court in Florida Issues Another Limited Preliminary Injunction Against the FTC’s Non-Compete Rule

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 8/19/2024

On August 14th, a second federal judge, this time out of the Middle District of Florida, temporarily blocked the FTC’s rule banning non-compete agreements, but only as to the named plaintiff in that case. In Properties of...more

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