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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 -

Virginia Strengthens Ban on Non-Competes for “Low-Wage Employees”

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 4/8/2025

On March 24, 2025, Virginia Governor Glenn Younkin signed into law S.B. 1218, which amended Virginia’s non-compete law to expand the definition of “low-wage employees” with whom employers may not enter into non-competition...more

SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights, Issue 1, March 2025

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/4/2025

Welcome to our first issue of SuperVision in 2025. In this edition, we cover the new presidential administration’s anticipated impact on employment agreements, the National Labor Relations Board, and workplace safety...more

Counting Down to the New Year: Ten “Need-to-Know” Labor and Employment Developments of 2024

Brooks Pierce on 12/24/2024

2024 was yet another active year in the labor and employment landscape. While 2025 and the new administration could bring any number of changes to workplace laws and enforcement, the timing and extent of such changes is...more

SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights, Issue 3, September 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/2/2024

Welcome to the fall issue of SuperVision, our labor and employment e-newsletter. In this edition, we cover the current status of the FTC’s attempts to ban noncompetes, OSHA’s proposed heat standard, how to handle political...more

[Webinar] 2024 Labor & Employment Law Virtual Update - September 18th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

Foster Swift Collins & Smith on 8/7/2024

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

Your Non-Compete and Trade Secrets To-Do List for August 2024

Fisher Phillips on 8/5/2024

Courts and lawmakers around the country are constantly refining the laws on non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure agreements, which means employers need to stay up to speed in order to prevent unfair...more

Summer 2024 Employment and Benefits Updates

Sullivan & Worcester on 7/30/2024

The rate of change in the employment and benefits area seems to be accelerating. This alert addresses some of the changes that have been of most concern to our clients. Observations on Long-Time Part-Time Employee...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

California’s Non-Compete Shakeup

Littler on 10/18/2023

California enacted two new bills expanding the scope and consequences of the state’s policies against restrictive covenants. Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 699 into law on September 1, 2023, and Assembly Bill 1076 into...more

Reminder: Minnesota Non-Compete Ban Takes Effect on Saturday, July 1

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/30/2023

As we previously reported, Minnesota will soon become only the fourth state (along with California, Oklahoma and North Dakota) to ban noncompetes. The state’s new law renders void and unenforceable all covenants not to...more

Minnesota Non-Compete Ban Signed into Law and Effective July 1, 2023

Stinson LLP on 5/31/2023

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has now officially signed into law a bill including provisions that will prohibit employment noncompetition agreements. MN SF 3035, signed by Governor Walz on May 24, 2023, restricts employers from...more

FTC Waging War on Non-Compete Restrictions in Employment

CDF Labor Law LLP on 4/13/2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed new Federal regulations to ban non-compete clauses from employment agreements nationwide. The ban will include non-solicitation and other restrictions that are currently designed to...more

Employment Flash: Special Edition

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/13/2023

The new year has brought a slew of changes in state laws, including those governing employee leave, privacy, as well as workplace discrimination and harassment. The federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and PUMP Act added...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

Noncompete News Alert: Update to Washington, D.C. Ban on Noncompete Agreements

FordHarrison on 11/29/2022

D.C. Noncompete Ban, Years in the Making: On January 25, 2021, FordHarrison published a Legal Alert indicating that Washington, D.C. would soon implement a ban on noncompete agreements. As noted, the Ban on Non-Compete...more

Massachusetts Passes New Law Governing Non-Competition Agreements

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/11/2018

On August 10, 2018, the Governor of Massachusetts signed “An Act relative to the judicial enforcement of noncompetition agreements,” otherwise known as the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (“Act”), § 24L of Chapter...more

Massachusetts Employers – Beware of New Non-Compete Law

Williams Mullen on 8/28/2018

Do you have employees in Massachusetts? Do you use non-compete agreements with those employees? Come October, your ability to enter into those types of agreements will be curtailed significantly....more

If You Have Employees Who Live or Work in Massachusetts, You Need to Relearn Non-Competes Right Now.

Brooks Pierce on 8/23/2018

For companies with employees or contractors who live or work in Massachusetts, a recently passed law has significantly changed how covenants not to compete in that state may be used. The new law, which will take effect in...more

States Continue to Revise Non-Compete Laws

BCLP on 8/22/2018

Following the “Call to Action” that was issued by the White House and the U.S. Department of Treasury in October, 2016 concerning what the Obama Administration perceived as overuse of non-compete agreements, a number of...more

13 Takeaways Regarding Massachusetts’ New Noncompetition Agreement Law

Latham & Watkins LLP on 8/16/2018

A new Massachusetts law significantly limits when and with whom an employer can enforce a noncompetition agreement entered into on or after October 1, 2018. On August 10, 2018, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed...more

What Business Owners Should Know About Massachusetts’ New Non-Compete Law

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 8/15/2018

On August 10, 2018, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a piece of legislation entitled “An Act Relative to Economic Development in the Commonwealth.” This new legislation brings long-awaited non-compete...more

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