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FTC Takes on Noncompete Agreements as New State Laws Take Effect

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Noncompete agreements are the focus of a new enforcement activity by the FTC this month while states continue to restrict their use. Below are key takeaways for all employers who use noncompete agreements and further...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Site Report - Construction Industry Insights, Issue 5, May 2024

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Welcome to our fifth issue of 2024 for our construction industry insights e-newsletter - The Site Report. In our Ask the Attorney segment at the bottom of this e-newsletter, we tap Jonathan Deasy, Senior Attorney in our...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Washington’s Amended Non-Compete Law Creates New Considerations for Employers

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee recently signed Senate Bill 5935 into law, amending and expanding Washington’s statute restricting the enforceability of noncompetition covenants (Revised Code of Washington 49.2). The amended...more

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Washington State Tightens Noncompete Restrictions

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Washington state businesses that have noncompetition agreements with employees or independent contractors will be subject to new requirements under the latest amendment to the state’s noncompetition law beginning June 6,...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Q2 Employment Law Updates: Non-Competes, Religious Accommodation and More

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So far, 2023 has been a wild ride for employers, a theme that looks to be continuing into the third quarter of the year. While certain predictions we made during Q1 came true in Q2 (we are looking at you, NLRB), others such...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Close Was Not Close Enough: First Circuit Denies Executive’s Implied Covenant Claim For Unpaid Equity Compensation Related To A...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On November 27, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that, under Massachusetts law, a terminated employee asserting a claim for being deprived of lost compensation in breach...more

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Important Changes Coming to Nondisclosure Agreements in New York

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Later this week, on October 11, 2019, several important changes are coming to the New York Human Rights Law (“NYHRL”). As you may recall, last year the New York legislature enacted legislation prohibiting employers from...more

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New York Governor Cuomo Signs Sweeping Reforms to Anti-Harassment Laws

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On August 12, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law which strengthens further the state’s Human Rights Law (NYSHRL). The new legislation further amends anti-harassment laws enacted in 2018, discussed here,...more

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New Jersey's Response to #MeToo: New Law Voids Non-Disclosure Agreements and Questions Future of Employee Arbitration Agreements

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Effective immediately, an amendment to New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”) signed into law on March 18, 2019, invalidates any provision of an employment agreement which “waives any substantive or procedural right...more

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