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Post-Injunction Enforcement — Highway to NIL Podcast
The NCAA's Response to the NIL Recruitment Injunction — Highway to NIL Podcast
NIL Recruitment Injunction — Highway to NIL Podcast
Injunctions for All – Speaking of Litigation Podcast
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Jack Nicklaus Companies Landed Hole-In-One With Court’s Recent Injunction
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Jack Nicklaus Companies Landed Hole-In-One With Court’s Recent Injunction
#WorkforceWednesday: Employee Privacy and COVID-19, CMS Vaccine Mandate on Hold, Independent Contractor Classification - Employment Law This Week®
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 86: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Remedies
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E18: ICANN Loses First GDPR Court Ruling in Germany
In Fortiline, Inc. v. McCall, the plaintiffs sought to enforce a noncompetition agreement against its former employees through a preliminary injunction. The court denied the injunction, holding the noncompetition agreements...more
A federal court in Missouri recently denied franchisor Three Dog Bakery, LLC’s request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against its former franchisee, J.L.E.T. Enterprises SWF, LLC, and its owners, Joseph and Lynette...more
A federal court in Missouri recently granted a franchisor’s motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that the franchisee’s operation of a competing business demonstrated irreparable harm. Three Dog Bakery, LLC v. Crit,...more
Florida just enacted a new law that seals its status as the most enforcement-friendly state in the country for non-compete and garden leave agreements. The “Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality,...more
A federal court recently denied a dealer’s request for preliminary injunction to halt the termination of a dealership agreement with a manufacturer of liquor control systems. The dealer’s acts and omissions during the...more
A federal court in Missouri granted franchisor’s motion for preliminary injunction against its former franchisee, enjoining the former franchisee from operating a competing business from the former franchised location....more
On April 24, 2025, the Florida legislature passed the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth, or CHOICE, Act. The CHOICE Act goes into effect on July 1, 2025. The CHOICE...more
A federal court recently granted in part and denied in part a franchisor’s motion to enjoin the post-termination activities of its former franchisees and two related entities. Rooterman, LLC is a plumbing services franchisor....more
A federal court in Massachusetts recently granted, in part, a Motion for Preliminary Injunction as to enforcement of franchise agreement noncompete covenants but denied the motion as to claims of trademark infringement,...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
On March 27, 2025, in Stimlabs LLC v. Griffiths, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ordered a former executive, Sarah Griffiths, to face claims related to her alleged theft of Stimlab’s trade secrets...more
The US employment landscape continues to shift rapidly. On 21 February 2025, a federal district court enjoined the federal government from enforcing certain provisions of President Trump’s DEI Executive Orders (appeal...more
A recent federal district court ruling serves as an important reminder that a former employee may be held liable for trade secret misappropriation even if the alleged trade secrets are not physically or electronically taken...more
Arizona employer cannot exclude settlement communications from former employee’s retaliation complaint - In Flores v. Rafi Law Group PLLC, the plaintiff accused her law firm employer of retaliating against her by (i)...more
A Minnesota district court issued a preliminary injunction against a former franchisee who engaged in a competing business during the franchise relationship. Snap Fitness, Inc., a gym franchisor, entered into a franchise...more
A coalition of 18 Democratic AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Properties of the Villages, Inc. v. the Federal Trade Commission ( 24-13102) supporting the FTC’s defense of...more
On Nov. 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed its opening brief in its pending appeal in Properties of the Villages, Inc. v. FTC,No. 24–13102 (M.D. Florida). As previously reported, on Aug. 14, Judge Timothy Corrigan...more
A Kansas district court denied a franchisor’s motion for preliminary injunction against its former franchisee who engaged in competing businesses immediately after terminating the franchise relationship....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has appealed a ruling from a Texas district court that set aside the FTC’s rule banning non-competes with employees (the “Rule”). As we previously reported, on August 20, 2024, Judge Ada E....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has appealed a Texas federal district court decision invalidating its rule governing non-competition agreements. In August 2024, in the case of Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission,...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is appealing a Texas federal court ruling that struck down the FTC’s noncompete ban nationally, teeing the case up to be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit....more
A Pennsylvania company has dropped its challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) noncompete ban after a Pennsylvania federal judge denied the company’s bid to block the rule. The dismissal of the Pennsylvania lawsuit...more
On October 4, 2024, Plaintiff ATS Tree Services, LLC (“ATS”) voluntarily dismissed its claims against the FTC challenging the agency’s Non-Compete Rule. See ATS Tree Services, LLC v. Fed. Trade Comm’n, et al., No....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The federal district court for the Northern District of Texas has issued an order in the Ryan case staying the effective date on a nationwide basis the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Rules banning...more
In Nunez v. Syncsort Incorporated, a Massachusetts court held that a retention bonus did not constitute not “wages” under the Massachusetts Wage Act (the “Wage Act”). The plaintiff-employee alleged that his former employer...more