Below are the latest issues and cases making trade secrets | noncompete news since our last update. Remember that the Changing Trade Secrets | Noncompete Laws is updated regularly to reflect (i...
The BRR 50 State Noncompete Chart has been updated to reflect several recent state law developments (in particular, limits on physician noncompetes in Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island)....
Below are the latest issues and cases making trade secrets | noncompete news since our last update. There's a lot to catch up on (sorry!) … Remember that the Changing Trade Secrets | Noncompete...
Earlier today (October 25, 2016), the White House announced a new initiative to spur competition in the labor market. As part of its new initiative, the White House issued a report entitled, “N...
On August 19, Illinois Governor Rauner signed the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. In short, the Act bans the use of noncompete agreements for low wage workers, i.e., those earning less than the greate...
[Chart updated on February 4, 2017] Every state but Massachusetts and New York has adopted the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (the UTSA) in one form or another - though some may quibble with whether A...
To the surprise of many, the efforts of the Conference Committee to reconcile the House and Senate versions of Massachusetts' noncompete bill (and bill proposing the adoption of the Uniform Trade Sec...
The BRR 50 State Noncompete Chart has been updated to reflect several recent state law developments. Note that the Massachusetts Legislature is voting today on the pending noncompete (and trade secr...
As of last night, Massachusetts has two competing versions of noncompete and trade secrets law reform bills. The House version (H.4434) is described here, and the Senate version (S.2418) (which d...
The Massachusetts Senate voted tonight on Massachusetts trade secrets law and noncompete law reform. Senators proposed multiple amendments to the version of the bill that Senator Mark Montigny, ...
The enormous efforts at the State House to reform Massachusetts noncompete law continue. Today, Senator Mark Montigny, on behalf of the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Rules, recommended a revise...
Below are the latest issues and cases making trade secrets | noncompete news since our last update … (My apologies to those who received an email update with a draft of this post.) Also, no...
Although I am away (and posting from the Muir Woods - which are quite remarkable), I wanted to post a quick update on the status of the Massachusetts noncompete and UTSA bill. More details later. In t...
Below are the latest issues and cases making trade secrets | noncompete news since our last update … Federal: The Defend Trade Secrets Act is now law of the land. The United States now (offic...
The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) is now law of the land, and the United States now (officially) has a national trade secrets law with a concomitant private civil right of action. Specifically,...
I posted yesterday that President Obama had signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act, including a lengthy summary of the bill, it's history, what it does, and what (I think) it will mean for companies....
After 5 years in the making, the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (the "DTSA") was signed into law today by President Obama (following a unanimous vote by the Senate (87-0) and nearly unanimous vote...
This is a very quick post, with details to follow tomorrow. We've all been waiting for it, and it's happening tomorrow: President Obama is scheduled to sign the Defend Trade Secrets Act (aka the...
Below are the latest issues and cases making trade secrets | noncompete news since our last update … Federal: The president has until Saturday to sign or veto the DTSA. "[D]escribed as the '...
With trade secret theft growing and showing no sign of stopping, it's no surprise that there has been bipartisan support for Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - the act that amends the Economic...
Updated on 4/20/2016 at 10:48 AM EDT; updated again on 4/26/2016 at 8:25 EDT: As you will recall, on April 4, the Senate voted unanimously to approve the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (commo...
Introduction Trade secrets are frequently the “forgotten” intellectual property. (The indisputably-recognized types of intellectual property are patents, copyrights, and trademarks.) Accordin...
For those looking for a basic primer on Massachusetts noncompete law, I thought I'd provide the following from my book, Negotiating, Drafting, and Enforcing Noncompetition Agreements and Related...
Updated (updates in italic) On March 22, 2016, the Idaho Senate voted 22-13 to pass a bill (H487) to modify Idaho noncompete law. (This follows the March 14 vote by the House to pass the bil...