Trade Secrets & Restrictive Covenants: 2024 Recap, 2025 Outlook (Fairly Competing, Episode 27)

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Episode 27 of Fairly Competing is out!

In this episode, John, Ben, and I take a look back on some of the more significant developments in trade secret and restrictive covenant law in 2024, and try to give some insight into what to expect in 2025. We discuss the FTC’s noncompete ban, extraterritoriality of the Defend Trade Secrets Act, damages in trade secret cases, legislative changes to state noncompete laws, noteworthy state high court decisions, and other issues and predictions.

You can join us on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or go to FairlyCompeting.com, if you’re just looking for the RSS feed.

And, because this show is for you, please email John, Ben, or me with any topics you’d like to hear us discuss. While we cannot offer legal advice on the show, we can certainly discuss any issues you may be wondering about.

*Thank you again to Erika Hahn for the intro and outro voice over, Tyler Beck for the music, and mohamed_hassan for the base image.