The FTC conducted its first workshop on noncompetes on January 9, 2020. An opportunity for the public to submit comments remains open until March 11, which is only two weeks away. I attended the wo...
Hello all, just a quick note, we are just under a month away from the AIPLA's 2020 Trade Secret Law Summit, truly one of the premier trade secrets programs. The Summit is scheduled for Monday, Marc...
*This post was originally published by Erika Hahn and me on Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly under the title, “Consideration happens, but not during garden leave.” The 2018 Massachusetts noncompet...
New year, new laws, new issues: First, at the state level... A number of states have modified their noncompete laws last year: Florida: banned noncompetes for specialist physicians in certain...
Thursday is approaching! As mentioned in our last post on the subject, the FTC will be holding a hearing on January 9, 2020 (at 8:30 a.m. at its Headquarters Building, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,...
Happy New Year! On January 9, 2020, the FTC will be holding a hearing (at 8:30 a.m. at the FTC’s Headquarters Building, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC) “to examine whether there is...
*This post was originally published by Erika Hahn and me on Law360 under the title, “Noncompete Misconceptions May Be Inhibiting Reform.” Federalism is alive and well. For about 200 ye...
Earlier this year, Senator Bruce Tarr introduced a bill to address one of the open issues under the new noncompete law. Specifically, the new noncompete law prohibits the enforcement of noncompetes...
Since the beginning of this year (2019), the Massachusetts legislature has been quietly considering adding another exemption to its noncompete laws. This one would be for physician assistants (PAs)....
In the past, I tried something a bit different, and I’m going to try again. It’s a bit of a take-off on what I do each year in the first class of the Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants co...
Having recently completed my second roundup of new noncompete legislation, I have updated my 50 State Noncompete Chart to reflect the changes since the April update. (See Legislative Update: Recent...
It’s just over a year since the “new” Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act took effect, and it already has had some very tangible, positive effects. However, one aspect of the new law —...
It’s Thursday, so it must be time for another bill to ban noncompetes. This one comes from Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Senator Todd Young (R-IN), and is a federal bill. (As many of you...
It’s hard these days to keep up with the the changing noncompete laws around the country. My most recent post covering recent updates, from not even quite six months ago, is already outdated. Jus...
About twice a year, I update my chart of reported noncomepte and trade secrets decisions. Here is the latest. As regular readers of this blog know, several years ago, I became curious to see how m...
The other day, I was listening to 1970’s and 80’s music (which I am wont to do, much to my wife’s chagrin). The music, as music often does, evoked memories of the past. Think what you...
It turns out that global climate change is caused by a decrease in the number of pirates. Don’t believe it? See the chart to the right. This is an example of mistaking correlation for causati...
On June 24, 2019, the United States Supreme Court issued its much-awaited decision in Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, addressing the intersection of trade secrets law and the Freedom...
Oregon's noncompete law has been a work-in-progress for more than a decade, and the legislature is at it again: A new change to Oregon's already progressive noncompete law. What it says... On May...
In the continuing stream of states reviewing and modifying their noncompete and trade secrets laws, another state - Maryland - has taken the approach of banning noncompetes for low-wage workers - as s...
On May 8, 2019, HB 1450 (“An Act Relating to restraints, including noncompetition covenants, on persons engaging in lawful professions, trades, or businesses; adding a new chapter to Title 49 RCW; a...
Having just completed my most-recent review of every state's pending and recently enacted noncompete legislation, I have updated the BRR 50 State Noncompete Chart today (April 27, 2019) to reflect ...
Updated April 28, 2019 Occasionally, I mention blogs and other resources (and include links) when they are relevant to a topic that I'm discussing and they have reliable information. More ge...
It's been a while since I've had the time to update the Changing Trade Secrets | Noncompete Laws page. Lots has happened in the interim - see below for all of the updates so far this year. I will...