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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 -

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

Court Rules that Patient List and Related Medical Practice Information Qualify as Trade Secrets

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 1/22/2024

The 2016 enactment of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) has led to an increase in trade secret litigation. The DTSA codified into federal law the right of an owner of a trade secret to sue in federal court when its trade...more

Three Investigations Show D.C. AG Is Aggressively Enforcing Ban on Noncompetes

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/21/2023

Employers in the District of Columbia that use noncompete agreements take note: the D.C. Office of the Attorney General ("OAG") is aggressively using its powers to crack down and assess penalties on businesses that violate...more

Ninth Circuit Denies Sherman Act Challenge To No-Poach Provision

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/16/2021

In an important decision on August 19, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Aya Healthcare Services, Inc. v. AMN Healthcare, Inc. affirmed the grant of summary judgment in favor of AMN, finding that the...more

Florida Non-Competes: Physicians, Attorneys, Quarterbacks, Oh My…

Burr & Forman on 9/29/2015

Regular readers of this blog know that Florida law allows “valid restraints of trade,” under certain circumstances. Those restrictions apply to the employer-employee relationship when written and duly executed in accordance...more

Filer Beware! E-Filing Error Can Destroy Trade Secret Status

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 8/3/2015

First rule of thumb in trade secrets litigation? A trade secret must be kept secret. It is painfully obvious, but modern practitioners must not grow complacent due to the convenience of electronic filing. Although trade...more

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