*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)....
Leaving your job? No problem.
Going to a competitor? No problem (maybe).
Taking stuff that doesn’t belong to you? Problem - definitely.
Going to a competitor? No problem (maybe).
Taking stuff that doesn’t belong to you? Problem - definitely.
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 My most recent post covering recent updates, from not even quite six months ago, is already outdated.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...
With three-plus years of Defend Trade Secrets Act (the "DTSA") law under our belts and almost a year of the "new" Massachusetts new trade secrets law, my new book, Trade Secrets Law for the Massachus...
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...
Who controls what's in your brain? When a former employee knows his or her former employer’s trade secrets, the former employer may be able to obtain injunctive relief preventing the employee, not...
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 ...
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...
Over the past few years, there have been a few bills at the federal level that would ban or limit the use of noncompetes. (I will be updating the Changing Trade Secrets | Noncompete page soon to refle...
In preparation for the start of my class (I teach Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants at my old law school, Boston University School of Law), I re-ran my chart of reported noncomepte and trade sec...