Our new training covers what employees should do and avoid doing when they receive or anticipate receiving a cease and desist letter from their prior employer.
Cease and desist letters are a mainstay of trade secret and noncompete disputes. Learn about them through music, a Dr. Seuss style sample, and an adaptation of ’Twas the Night Before Christmas.
Update your trade secret protection program with our Primer and Checklist and Ten Minute Trade Secret Training series of videos.
FTC Chair Lina Khan will be replaced by existing FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson, who opposed the FTC’s noncompete rule.
Some states treat no-recruit agreements like noncompetes; others don’t; and others lack direction. Now Georgia changed its rules.
Brief filed at Mass Appeals Court regarding whether Mass noncompete statute applies to no-recruit agreements with forfeiture provisions.
Massachusetts restrictive covenants and trade secret law, recent developments: trade secrets and 93A
New trade secret case in the federal court in Massachusetts holds that DTSA discovery rule is limited and that identification of trade secrets is a “common sense” standard, and provides standards for related claims.
Massachusetts law may now require that companies seeking to narrow a noncompete must provide a specific proposal.
There have been several recent Massachusetts restrictive covenants and trade secret law developments. This post covers nonsolicits and 93A.
A new episode of Fairly Competing is out. Join us for a discussion about litigating funding with litigation funder, Stephanie Southwick of Law Finance Group.
The FTC filed a Notice of Appeal of the summary judgement decision in Ryan, LLC v FTC setting aside the FTC's noncompete rule.
The brief in the FTC’s appeal of the Florida preliminary injunction staying noncompete rule is due on November 4.
ATS Tree Services court denied a motion to stay the challenge to the noncompete rule, but ATS avoided mass confusion by dismissing its case.
Our first-of-its-kind, regularly updated, 50-state noncompete survey chart has again been updated for the latest legislative and judicial developments.
Restrictive covenant wage thresholds and criteria exist in 11 states and D.C. Do your agreements comply? We updated our chart to help.
Eight states plus D.C. now have some type of notice requirements for companies using restrictive covenants - not just noncompetes. Make sure you are complying with them.
The parties in Properties of the Villages v. FTC case challenging the FTC's noncompete rule propose continued stay of deadlines pending appeal.
FTC appeals Florida court's preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of the noncompete rule against Properties at the Villages.
The FTC's open meeting was today, Thursday, September 19, 2024. Noncompetes were discussed - but only by me.
The FTC's open meeting is today, Thursday, September 19, 2024, starting at 11 a.m. ET. Noncompetes will be discussed - at least by me.
The FTC will hold a virtual open meeting on Thursday, September 19, 2024, starting at 11 a.m. ET. Noncompetes are not on the agenda. Really?
Even though the federal court in Texas vacated the FTC’s noncompete rule in Ryan, LLC v. FTC, the continued pursuit of ATS Tree Services case by the plaintiff in the federal court in Pennsylvania may needlessly revive the nationwide confusion that existed before the decision.
New noncompete, nonsolicit exemptions in Illinois and Pennsylvania, focused on first responders, veterans, and healthcare providers.
Episode 25 of Fairly Competing is out. We discuss the death of the FTC's rule banning noncompete agreements and what it means.