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Articles Posted in Non-Competition
Join us at 1 PM ET today (1/9/23) on Zoom to discuss the FTC’s new proposed noncompete ban
On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule prohibiting employers from imposing noncompetes on their workers. I wrote about it on Friday and spent the weekend reading all 216 pages of the official “Non-Compete Clause Rule Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.” So, let’s discuss it on Zoom today.
The feds are coming for your company’s noncompete agreements, old and new. You need to read THIS!
Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule prohibiting employers from imposing noncompetes on their workers. Continue reading
Tighten up those non-competes!
I love to litigate employment disputes. And restrictive covenant cases are at or near the top of my list. They are fast-paced, usually well-lawyered on both sides, and lucrative. The primary goal of the dispute is to obtain a preliminary injunction — quickly — to stop someone from working. That means obtaining, organizing, and presenting an entire lawsuit worth of evidence in just months or weeks. Continue reading
Here’s another reason why enforcing a non-compete can be so darn expensive
I’ve litigated many battles between companies over trade secrets and non-competition and non-solicitation agreements. The tie that binds them all is that these cases are expensive to prosecute and defend. Continue reading
Yep, President Biden ordered the FTC to curtail private companies from using of non-competes.
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I warned — didn’t I? — you that President Biden was preparing to tell the Federal Trade Commission to either ban or curtail private employers from using non-competition agreements. Continue reading
Wait, WHAT?!? Is President Biden planning to ban private employers from using non-competes?
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So much for my blog servers getting a much-needed Friday rest. Continue reading
What do restrictive covenants have to do with COVID-19? More than you think.
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Remember back in January, when I told you that restrictive covenants would be the most significant employment law issues for employers in 2020? Continue reading
Forget what you heard. THIS, right here, will be the biggest employment law concern for employers in 2020.
I’ve seen a lot of ink spilled by employment lawyers about how #MeToo, new overtime rules, medical marijuana, and salary history questions will be the significant issues with which employers would have to deal in 2020.
The Federal Trade Commission and I have other ideas. Continue reading
A first-of-its-kind nationwide ban on non-competition agreements is coming. Possibly.
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In 2016, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act into law. A bipartisan approach to creating a nationwide enforcement mechanism, the DTSA prohibits misappropriation of trade secrets in all 50 states.
Fast forward to 2019, and the federal government is back at it again with another bipartisan bill — this time, legislation taking on non-competition agreements. Continue reading