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Will Florida’s New Non-Compete Bill Attract Tech Companies to the Sunshine State? A Thought Experiment

Fisher Phillips on 7/8/2025

Florida just enacted a game-changer of a law that makes it the friendliest state in the country for enforcing non-competes – and could also revolutionize how tech companies view the Sunshine State as a place to set up...more

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

Non-Compete Agreements in Health Care: A Rapidly Evolving Legal Landscape

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/30/2025

In the wake of the Federal Trade Commission’s recently failed attempt to ban non-compete agreements between employers and workers, individual states have once again taken up the mantle of further regulating and limiting their...more

Florida’s CHOICE Act Offers Employers Unprecedented Tools for Non-Compete + Garden Leave Agreements

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/28/2025

The Florida Legislature passed the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act on April 24, introducing the most sweeping changes to Florida’s restrictive covenant...more

Wyoming Adopts Statutory Limits for Noncompetes

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 5/15/2025

The Wyoming State Legislature has adopted a statute limiting the use of noncompete restrictions for Wyoming workers. Importantly, the Wyoming statute is not a categorical ban on noncompetes and protects the validity of these...more

Key Changes to New York Employment Law in 2024 and What to Expect in 2025

BCLP on 12/27/2024

Every new year brings changes to the employment laws applicable to New York State and New York City employers. In this article, we review the key employment laws that went into effect in 2024 and highlight some of the new and...more

My Employees Have Seen Too Much. Can I Make Them An Offer They Can’t Refuse?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 10/15/2024

It is common knowledge that employers have a vested interest in the confidentiality and discretion of their employees, especially in emerging or sensitive industries. ...more

10 New California Employment Laws Employers Should Know for the New Year

Fenwick & West LLP on 10/27/2023

Governor Newsom recently signed a slew of new bills into law at the close of California’s 2023 legislative session. Of those, there are several employment-related laws that California employers should take note of. We...more

Minnesota Legislature Passes Bill Limiting Future Non-Compete Agreements

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA on 5/18/2023

Minnesota is banning employment non-compete agreements and restricting provisions that require non-Minnesota laws or venues for disputes. The law will become effective on July 1, 2023, and will apply to agreements entered...more

Top 10 Developments and Headlines in Trade Secret, Non-Compete, and Computer Fraud Law for 2019 & 2020

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/27/2020

Continuing our annual tradition, we have compiled our top developments and headlines for 2019 & 2020 in trade secret, non-compete, and computer fraud law. Here’s what you need to know to keep abreast of the ever-changing law...more

California Attempts to Weed Out Unfair Labor Practices at the State Level by Enacting Union-Friendly Regulation on Employers in...

FordHarrison on 11/18/2019

As the cannabis industry has rapidly progressed over the years, states such as New York, New Jersey and Illinois have begun to implement legislation that encourages employers to engage in labor peace agreements with unions....more

Massachusetts Noncompete and Trade Secret Reform Will Have Far-Reaching Impact

Jones Day on 10/26/2018

Businesses across the country are feeling the effects of a pair of laws recently enacted in Massachusetts. The "garden leave" clause in Massachusetts' new noncompete law dictates that during the period in which a departed...more

Massachusetts Employers Take Heed: New Non-Compete Law Adds Important New Requirements And Prohibitions

Troutman Pepper Locke on 8/28/2018

Q: My company is headquartered in Massachusetts. Does the new Massachusetts law on non-competes change how I structure non-compete agreements with employees? ...more

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Comprehensive Noncompetition and Trade-Secrets Reform

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/9/2018

The Massachusetts General Court has passed legislation that, if signed by the governor, will comprehensively reform the law governing employee noncompetition agreements and trade-secret misappropriation. If enacted, these...more

California Enacts New Employment Laws for 2017

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 11/8/2016

California Governor Jerry Brown concluded the 2016 Legislative Session by signing several bills affecting employment relationships. Listed below are those bills that perhaps most critically impact your daily operations. ...more

New California Law Prohibits Choice of Law and Venue in Employment Contracts

Littler on 10/4/2016

On September 25, 2016, Governor Brown signed into law a new California Labor Code provision (Section 925) that is likely to have major repercussions for contracts with employees who live and work primarily in California. The...more

California Legislative Update: Which Bills Made the Final Cut?

Littler on 10/4/2016

Although the California Legislature sent Governor Jerry Brown bills on bed bugs, powdered alcohol, and making denim the official state fabric, the laws enacted in 2016 affecting the state’s private-sector employers were...more

2016 California Labor and Employment Legislation Update: It’s Final!

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/4/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers in California: be aware and prepare for new laws increasing minimum wages and mandating overtime pay for agricultural employees; expanding the California Fair Pay Act to race and ethnicity and to...more

The Newly Enacted Defend Trade Secrets Act: What Retailers Should Know

Goulston & Storrs PC on 6/2/2016

On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (the DTSA), creating the first Federal civil cause of action for misappropriation of trade secrets. The DTSA overlaps substantially with,...more

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