New 50-state noncompete chart updated for latest developments
We just updated our 50-State Noncompete Chart again.
This iteration updates our last version for developments in Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and also to add timing details to the notice requirements for D.C.
Our chart — which was the first of its kind (created in 2010) and is regularly updated — is now fully up to date through today (September 26, 2024).
We will continue to update the chart as additional significant developments arise across the country.
* * *
Firm resources:
We know how hard it is to keep up with the ever-changing requirements around the country. To help, we have created the following resources (available for free):
- 50-State Noncompete Law Chart, the first of its kind and regularly updated (downloadable PDF) (to be updated for the new exemptions in Illinois and Pennsylvania);
- Chart of Noncompete “Low-Wage” Thresholds and Criteria (downloadable);
- Notice requirements summary chart, providing details for each of the 8 states (plus D.C.) that has notice requirements related to noncompetes (downloadable PDF);
- 50-State and Federal Trade Secret Law Chart, providing a comparison of the trade secrets laws nationally to the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (downloadable PDF).
- “Changing Trade Secrets | Noncompete Laws” (dedicated blog page) now provides a current detailed summary of the changing landscape of trade secret laws and noncompete laws around the country, state by state and at the federal level;
- Trade secret and other legitimate business interest protection plan strategy and checklist; and
- Ten Minute Trade Secret Training Series, currently with three training videos and one “basics” video:
We hope you find all of these resources useful. More are coming.
And please note, we are grateful for all of the input we’ve received over the years. We welcome any suggestions for improvements that you may be willing to share.
* * *
*A huge thank you to Erika Hahn for all of her extraordinary help in tracking and monitoring all of the bills around the country and helping me make sure that all of our resources are current and accurate. Thanks to Fisher Phillips’ Jonathan Crook for identifying a new Louisiana appellate court decision: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. v. Annison, 2023 CA 0770 (La. App. Ct 2024).