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US Noncompete Landscape Recent Developments and Trends

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Following the Federal Trade Commission’s largely unsuccessful attempt to implement a nationwide ban on most post-employment noncompete agreements last year, states have stepped in to fill the legislative gap. The result has...more

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Workforce Mobility Act Reintroduced Amid Ongoing State Efforts to Restrict Non-Competes

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Last week, Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Todd Young (R-IN) reintroduced the Workforce Mobility Act, which was previously considered by Congress in 2023. The reintroduction of the bi-partisan bill comes against the backdrop...more

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Are Non-Compete Agreements Banned in Texas?

Last year in April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a rule to ban most non-compete agreements nationwide. Within hours the rule was challenged in courts across the country, and after months of federal litigation...more

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States Step In To Fill Void Left by FTC Noncompete Rule

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The FTC’s noncompete rule, which proposed to ban nearly all noncompetes, was enjoined by a Texas District Court in August 2024. While the FTC has launched a Joint Labor Task Force focused on “rooting out and prosecuting...more

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Texas Joins List of Legislatures Seeking to Ban Noncompete Agreements

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After the nationwide injunction barring the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Noncompete ban, we reported our anticipation that state legislatures would likely introduce legislation restricting the use of noncompetes....more

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I Heart FTC: Proposed New York Bill Would Continue Biden FTC’s Antitrust Vision and Policies

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After the FTC issued a replacement of the 2016 Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals on January 16, 2025, Commissioner – now Chair – Andrew N. Ferguson, joined by Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, punctuated his...more

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Beltway Buzz - October 2024 #4

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - May 2024

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FTC final rule banning noncompetes grandfathers existing agreements for senior execs - The FTC voted 3-2 in favor of the final rule, which bans noncompete clauses in employee contracts in most cases. While the rule would...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: April 26, 2024

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A Quiet Healthcare Week on Capitol Hill. Congress was largely in recess this week, although the Senate returned briefly to complete consideration of a long-awaited foreign aid bill. Both chambers will return to session the...more

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Members of the New York City Council Introduce Three Bills Seeking To Restrict Employers’ Use of Non-Competes

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Members of the New York City Council are looking to accomplish what the New York State Legislature could not – proposing various bans on the use of non-competes in New York City. On February 28, 2024, members of the New York...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Beyond the Horizon: What Employers Need to Know About the Latest Non-Compete Proposed Rules

During a recent webinar, Denny Major discussed the latest updates employers need to know about non-compete agreements and overtime requirements. In this blog post, Denny will highlight key takeaways and considerations for...more

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Trade Secrets/Non-Compete Year in Review - 2023

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Welcome to our 2023 Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Year in Review. 2023 was a busy year in this space, but not as busy as many expected. Although multiple states introduced restrictive covenant legislation, the most...more

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Gov. Hochul Vetoes New York’s Non-Compete Bill; Measure Expected to be Taken Up Again in 2024

As businesses awaited word near the end of the year, New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill on December 22, 2023, that would have categorically banned employee non-compete agreements in New York. Ban on Non-Compete...more

Saiber LLC

The Changing Landscape of Non-Competes and Restrictive Covenants

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A common example of a non-compete restriction is a new CPA who signs such an agreement as part of his or her onboarding paperwork. Years later, the CPA considers moving to another firm, or opening their own firm, but that...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Non-Compete Roundup: Outright Non-Compete Bans Pass; More Pending

As momentum for regulation of non-competes grows at the federal level, states continue to pass restrictive non-compete legislation on their own. As previously reported, on January 5, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

New York Poised to Enact Broad Ban on Non-Compete Agreements

On June 20, 2023, the New York State Assembly approved legislation banning non-competes for employees and independent contracts, regardless of wage or salary. The New York Senate had approved the bill on June 7, 2023, and it...more

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Podcast - The Latest on Antitrust and Non-Compete Agreements in Healthcare

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In this episode of "Counsel That Cares," antitrust attorney David Kully and labor and employment attorney Mark Peters take a deep dive into the latest updates regarding non-solicitation and non-compete agreements in the...more

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Top Workplace Law Stories You May Have Missed from May 2023

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years — and this past...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 19, 2023

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The House and Senate were both in session this week, with significant healthcare activity at the committee level. The House Ways & Means Committee met to discuss healthcare price transparency, and the Ways & Means Health...more

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Beltway Buzz - April 2023 #2

Senate Committee Vets Biden’s Labor Pick. - On April 20, 2023, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a confirmation hearing on Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su’s nomination to be...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Noncompetes in the Crosshairs: Safeguarding the Company's Secret Sauce in the New World of Employee Mobility

Venture capitalists refer to “secret sauce” as the differentiator that gives one startup the edge over competitors. The secret sauce, properly protected, is a trade secret. However, employee turnover can threaten the secret...more

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Legislation Seeking to Ban Non-Competes Reintroduced in Congress

On February 1, 2023, a coalition of U.S. Senators and Members of the House of Representatives reintroduced a bill titled the Workforce Mobility Act (the “Act”), seeking to prohibit the use and enforcement of post-employment...more

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Beltway Buzz - February 2023

The Pandemic Is Dead! Long Live the Pandemic! This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to immediately end the COVID-19 national emergency, as well as a bill to end the COVID-19 public health emergency....more

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Federal Trade Commission Seeks to Ban Non-Competition Agreements

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Only three months after the introduction of a bill to the House of Representatives that, if passed, will ban non-compete agreements nationwide for non-exempt employees, on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)...more

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President Biden and the FTC Seek to Put the Final Nail in the Coffin for Non-Compete Agreements

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a notice of a proposed rulemaking that would prohibit employers from enforcing non-compete agreements against all employees and would preempt state laws that...more

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