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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 -

End of NY Legislative Session Leaves Employers Watching Key Workplace Bills

Fisher Phillips on 7/3/2025

New York’s two-year 2025-2026 legislative session hit its midpoint in June, with lawmakers wrapping up the first year by passing a slew of workplace-related bills that now await action from Governor Hochul. As federal labor...more

Adding Injury to Insult: The NLRB’S General Counsel Lays Out Expanded Remedies For Unlawful Noncompete and Stay-or-Pay Agreements

BakerHostetler on 10/29/2024

We previously reported on a May 2023 memorandum issued by the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), Jennifer A. Abruzzo, stating her view that “the proffer, maintenance, and enforcement” of...more

Supreme Court Opinions Overturn Chevron and Modify the Statute of Limitations Allowed by Lower Courts

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 7/10/2024

On June 28, the Supreme Court handed down Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned the prior Supreme Court precedent, articulated in Chevron v. Natural Resource Defense Council, Inc. and known as “the Chevron...more

10 Takeaways as New Jersey Set to Drastically Limit Non-Competes and Other Restrictive Covenants

Fisher Phillips on 6/1/2022

The New Jersey legislature is currently considering legislation that would add the state to the growing list of jurisdictions that have significantly limited the scope and enforceability of non-competition agreements and...more

Key Legislation Emerging from Maryland and Local Ordinances to Remember

Littler on 5/29/2019

In Maryland this year, spring brings warm weather and new employment laws. The General Assembly passed, and Governor Larry Hogan signed, several new laws regulating the workplace. ...more

Non-Compete and Trade Secret Law in Utah: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t Changed and How to Prepare for What’s Ahead

Payne & Fears on 11/30/2017

The general rule in the United States has historically permitted non-competition agreements when they are reasonable in time and geographic scope. California has been the leading exception. Business and Professions Code...more

New Jersey Rejects Contractual Shortening of Limitations Period

Morgan Lewis on 6/17/2016

The New Jersey Supreme Court’s decision forbids employers from contractually shortening the two-year limitations period under the state’s Law Against Discrimination. In a decision issued on June 15 that reversed two...more

Court Of Chancery Confirms Limitations For Indemnification Claim

Morris James LLP on 8/14/2015

This decision confirms that the statute of limitations on a claim for indemnification does not begin to run until the underlying litigation is concluded. Indeed, equitable tolling may also extend the time when a suit may be...more

Federal Court Reminds Trade Secret Owners That the Statute of Limitations Isn't Everything When it Comes to Misappropriation...

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/2/2014

Several years after an employee leaves your company, you realize that he or she has been using confidential and proprietary information acquired from your business to compete against you. Your non-compete agreement with the...more

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