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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 -

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

Fisher Phillips on 8/4/2025

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

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

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 2/13/2025

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

Pennsylvania Limits Noncompete Agreements for Health Care Practitioners

Troutman Pepper Locke on 8/7/2024

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

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

Littler on 7/29/2024

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

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/21/2024

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

Washington State Tightens Noncompete Restrictions

Perkins Coie on 5/2/2024

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

Employment Flash - March 2024

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/25/2024

In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more

California Extends Prohibition on Noncompete Agreements

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 2/8/2024

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

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

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 1/5/2024

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

New Year, New Employment Laws in the Pacific Northwest

Buchalter on 1/3/2024

It is a new year, which means new employment laws for employers in the Pacific Northwest. The following is a brief overview of significant new laws and changes for Washington and Oregon employers (all effective January 1,...more

New York Governor Vetoes Noncompete Ban Bill

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/27/2023

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

A Summary of New Laws Coming for California Employers in 2024

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 12/7/2023

In 2023, California has adopted several new employment laws either introducing new employee protections or codifying existing practices into state law. With these changes, employers will need to examine and adjust some of...more

[Webinar] Employment & Employee Benefits Law Update: Staying Compliant in 2024 - November 16th, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PT

Nossaman LLP on 11/6/2023

Join us on November 16, 2023, as Nossaman’s Allison Callaghan, Pavneet Singh Mac, Michelle McCarthy and Julia Botezatu discuss new California employment and employee benefits laws and regulations, as well as recent case law...more

Time for Employers to Modify Minnesota Protective Covenant Templates

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/18/2023

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

Minnesota Prohibits Post-Employment Noncompetes

Perkins Coie on 6/28/2023

On May 24, 2023, the state of Minnesota enacted a labor bill (SF 3035) that prohibits employers’ use of noncompetes, effective July 1, 2023. The ban does not apply retroactively to noncompetes signed prior to July 1, 2023....more

New York May Soon Ban Use of Non-Compete Agreements

Foley Hoag LLP on 6/27/2023

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

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/23/2023

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

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

McDermott Will & Schulte on 6/23/2023

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

New York State Legislature Passes Bill Banning Noncompete Agreements

Perkins Coie on 6/23/2023

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

New York State Moves to Ban Employee Non-Compete Agreements

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 6/22/2023

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

2023 State Employment Law Updates: From Pay to Hair, Cannabis, and More

DarrowEverett LLP on 12/20/2022

The coming new year brings new changes, new goals, and newly amended employment laws. Although some jurisdictions jumped the gun (looking at you D.C. noncompete law), starting on January 1, many states are implementing new...more

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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 11/3/2022

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

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

Shutts & Bowen LLP on 10/25/2022

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

District of Columbia Implementing Revisions to Broad Ban on Non-Competes

Littler on 9/30/2022

The District of Columbia prompted widespread outcry from the business community when it enacted one of the broadest bans on non-compete agreements in the country in early 2021. At least in part spurred by that outcry, this...more

Colorado Bill Restricts Non-Compete Agreements and Creates Substantial Penalties for Violations

Womble Bond Dickinson on 6/14/2022

A Colorado law will take effect in August 2022 that substantially changes what is permissible for non-compete and non-solicitation employment agreements. Currently, Colorado allows employers to require non-compete...more

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