Legal Alert | NLRB ALJ Finds Post Employment Non-Compete and Non-Solicit Provisions Unlawful
#WorkforceWednesday: Non-Compete Law Update – Key Developments from 2023 - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
Podcast - The Latest on Antitrust and Non-Compete Agreements in Healthcare
#WorkforceWednesday: Noncompete Bans Spread to New York and Beyond - Employment Law This Week®
Exploring the FTC’s Proposed Ban on Noncompetes (Fairly Competing, Episode 20)
Trade Secret / Restrictive Covenant 2022 Year In Review (Fairly Competing, Episode 19)
#WorkforceWednesday: Spilling Secrets: Employers - Train on Trade Secrets - Employment Law This Week®
Sign on the Dotted Line: Negotiating an Effective Employment Agreement
#WorkforceWednesday: Spilling Secrets: Restrictive Covenants in the Remote Work Boom - Employment Law This Week®
MLM Defense: FTC Earnings Claims and Nonsolicitation Clauses
#WorkforceWednesday: Pay Data Collection Study, Colorado Non-Compete Restrictions, D.C. Circuit Vacates Browning-Ferris - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: Spilling Secrets: Hiring from a Competitor? Don't Get Sued. - Employment Law This Week®
NGE On Demand: "What do Foreign-based Employers Need to Know About U.S. Employment Law?" with Sonya Rosenberg
Reasonable minds can differ: Part 2
Revisiting Executive Compensation and Employee Incentive Plans
Non-Competes and Other Restrictive Covenants: Two Perspectives, One Clear Picture
Non-Competes Are Not So Bad! The Current Law and Why Proposed Legislation in Congress is an Overreaction
National Backlash Builds Against Non-Compete Agreements - Employment Law This Week® - Trending News
III-42-The New Overtime Rule and Antitrust Issues With Your Non-Competes
Employment Law This Week®: Crackdown on Non-Solicitation Agreements, DOL Opinion Letters, New NLRB Member, State Law Developments
In August 2024, a Texas federal court struck down a broad Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that would have banned the vast majority of employee non-competition agreements. ...more
Maven Advantage, Inc. and Square One Storm Restoration, LLC are competing roofing businesses. Maven alleged that two employees (Couch and Daniels) stole Maven’s trade secrets (customer lists) and then quit to work for Square...more
When considering whether to place employees under post-employment restrictive covenants, employers often consider including customer non-solicitation provisions in addition to or as an alternative to the traditional...more
Confidentiality is a key consideration in any commercial endeavour. To retain a competitive edge in the market, a business will often do its utmost to maintain the confidentiality of client information and business...more
“Magic words,” “TRAPs,” and the federal non-compete ban rising from the dead? October had several spooky developments in restrictive covenant law, but no need to be frightened! We’ve got you covered with updates, insights,...more
Employer sues former traders for using an allegedly confidential trading strategy but loses bid for emergency injunctive relief. On April 12, Jane Street Group LLC (“Jane Street”) sued two of its former traders and...more
Ex-employee’s golf outing with customer does not violate non-solicit - An auto parts manufacturer in Michigan sought a preliminary injunction against a former sales employee for violating his restrictive covenants,...more
October 2023: Public information can be a trade secret; Litigants get creative to contest non-competes; NJ addresses the enforceability of non-disparagements; Law firm DEI programs face legal challenges - Compilation of...more
In a recent opinion, the Fairfax Circuit Court deemed unenforceable the non-compete and employee non-solicitation provisions of two doctors who had performed work for the United States Army on behalf of a government...more
It’s time to take another hard look at whether it’s worth it for employers to ask their departing employees not to recruit anyone away after they leave. Nobody wants their former employees to raid the ranks of their current...more
Last November, we discussed the potential impact of a recent California appellate court decision, AMN Healthcare, Inc. v. Aya Healthcare Services, Inc., 28 Cal. App. 5th 923 (2018), which called into question long-standing...more
On November 1, 2018, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District affirmed a trial court’s ruling in AMN Healthcare, Inc. v. Aya Healthcare Services, Inc. et al., Case No. D071924, Cal. App (2018) which (1)...more
The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) states very clearly that an injunction issued pursuant thereto may not “prevent a person from entering into an employment relationship,” and that any conditions placed on a former...more