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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... more +

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 -

Employment Law Update: Maryland’s Restrictions on Non-Compete Agreements for Healthcare Professionals, Among Other Employment...

Whiteford on 7/21/2025

As of July 1, 2025, Maryland prohibits or restricts non-compete provisions for nearly all healthcare professionals. The prohibition applies to individuals: (1) required to be licensed under the Maryland Health Occupations...more

Florida Becomes Most Employer-Friendly State for Non-Competes

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/10/2025

As jurisdictions around the country continue to impose limitations—or outright bans—on restrictive covenants, Florida is taking a decidedly different approach....more

Florida Chooses to Exclude Health Care Practitioners from New Noncompete Law

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 5/29/2025

The Florida Legislature recently passed a bill, called the CHOICE Act, that augments Florida’s laws governing restrictive covenants to make it significantly easier for employers to enforce two new types of noncompete...more

Non-Compete Ban for Maryland Healthcare Professionals Set to Take Effect July 1, 2025

Offit Kurman on 5/29/2025

Effective July 1, 2025, the second phase of Maryland’s restrictions on non-compete agreements and conflict of interest provisions for healthcare professionals will go into effect, targeting employers who provide direct...more

Coming Soon: Changes to State Noncompete Laws in Virginia, Arkansas, and Wyoming

ArentFox Schiff on 4/10/2025

Noncompete provisions continue to be governed by a constantly changing patchwork of state level legislation. In general, recent laws tend to limit their use among low wage earners or individuals in certain professions, such...more

Indiana Appellate Court Rules Medical Company’s Non-Compete with Chief Operating Officer Overbroad and Unenforceable

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/11/2024

An Indiana appellate court recently declined to enforce an executive’s non-compete on the grounds that the covenant’s activity restriction was overbroad. In Med-1 Solutions, LLC v. Taylor (Opinion 24A-PL-450, November 25,...more

Pennsylvania's New Noncompete Law Changes the Rules for Health Care Employers

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/2/2024

Pennsylvania’s new Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act limits the use of certain restrictive covenants between employers and health care workers and imposes heightened patient notice obligations on applicable...more

Looking Ahead: New California Employment Laws for 2024

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/21/2023

In the past few months, California Governor Newsom has signed numerous new employment laws affecting California employers of all sizes. Below is a summary of some of the laws going into effect in 2024....more

Unpacking California’s 2024 Employment Laws: Key Changes Employers Need to Know

Troutman Pepper Locke on 12/14/2023

California enacted several new employment laws for 2024, summarized below, including expanded paid sick leave, leave for reproductive loss, protections for employee cannabis use, additional noncompete enforcement limitations,...more

Podcast - The Latest on Antitrust and Non-Compete Agreements in Healthcare

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/29/2023

In this episode of "Counsel That Cares," antitrust attorney David Kully and labor and employment attorney Mark Peters take a deep dive into the latest updates regarding non-solicitation and non-compete agreements in the...more

FTC Proposes Rule to Strike Noncompete Agreements Nationwide

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/9/2023

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed new rule that would effectively prohibit employers from requiring employees to agree to noncompete clauses. The public is invited to submit comments...more

2016/2017 Labor & Employment Observer

Cozen O'Connor on 1/12/2017

Activist NLRB Created More Problems For All Employers in 2016 - What Happens Under President Trump? During 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) maintained its generally pro-union, anti-employer...more

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