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Bucking the national trend to diminish, if not eliminate, noncompete agreements, led in part by the Biden administration’s efforts to outlaw them via Federal Trade Commission regulation, Florida says “COME ONE, COME ALL -- Do...more
The Sunshine State just got brighter for Florida employers seeking to enforce non-compete agreements. On April 24, 2025, the Florida legislature passed the Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and...more
Florida’s CHOICE Act, short for “Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth” (CHOICE), is now law. For details of the Act, see Florida’s CHOICE Act Offers Employers Unprecedented Tools...more
In a departure from the legislative trends in certain states to curtail post-employment restraints, the state of Florida has bucked the tide to take the most employer friendly approach to restrictive covenants. On April 24,...more
On July 3, 2025, the “Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act” became effective in Florida. The CHOICE Act is a significant measure enacted to bolster legal...more
2025 Florida Legislative Update - Florida has recently enacted a number of important business and tax provisions that materially affect many Florida businesses and their owners....more
Real World Impact: Governor Ron DeSantis has allowed Florida’s expansive noncompete bill to become law without his signature. As discussed in our May 19, 2025 Alert, the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity,...more
With the Federal Trade Commission’s non-compete ban out of the picture, the Supreme Court barring most universal injunctions, and the National Labor Relations’ Board directive identifying non-compete agreements as violating...more
As states across the country move to limit or ban non-compete agreements, Florida is taking a sharp turn in the opposite direction. Already a friendly jurisdiction for non-competes, the state is doubling down on employer...more
The Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act became law on July 3, 2025, expanding employers’ rights in enforcing non-compete and garden leave agreements with Florida-based...more
As jurisdictions around the country continue to impose limitations—or outright bans—on restrictive covenants, Florida is taking a decidedly different approach....more
Florida’s Contracts Honoring Opportunity Investment Confidentiality and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act took effect July 1. It brings the most sweeping changes to Florida’s restrictive covenant framework in years....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
2025 has been a busy year for new state legislation on employee restrictive covenant agreements, particularly in the healthcare sector. While several states have pushed forward new legislation restricting employee restrictive...more
While the recent trend across the country has been to restrict noncompete agreements, Florida has just made it easier for employers to enforce noncompete agreements against employees. The Florida Legislature passed HB 1219,...more
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
Effective July 1, 2025, Florida's Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth Act (the CHOICE Act) now allows for non-competition periods of up to four (4) years after the end of...more
Florida lawmakers recently passed the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act (the “Act”), which would create a presumption that covered non-compete and garden...more
Set to take effect on July 1, 2025, the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act (the “Act”) allows covered non-compete and garden leave agreements to extend...more
The Florida Legislature recently passed a bill, called the CHOICE Act, that augments Florida’s laws governing restrictive covenants to make it significantly easier for employers to enforce two new types of noncompete...more
What is the CHOICE Act? On April 24, 2025, Florida state lawmakers passed the Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth Act or CHOICE Act. The CHOICE Act is a law reforming...more
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
On April 24, 2025, the Florida House and Senate passed legislation introducing large-scale changes to Florida’s non-compete landscape. The Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic...more
On April 24, 2025, the Florida Legislature passed the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act, significantly expanding the enforceability of noncompete laws in the...more
The Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act takes effect July 1, 2025, expanding employers’ rights in enforcing non-compete and garden leave agreements with Florida-based...more