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...
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, ...
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...
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...
The BRR 50 State Noncompete Chart has been updated to reflect a recent update in Utah law (which will take effect on May 10, 2016). Click here to get the latest version. Please note that the...
On March 22, 2016, Utah passed the Post-Employment Restrictions Act. Under the Act, all new noncompete agreements executed on or after May 10, 2016, are restricted to one year; any agreement...
Below is a short supplement to March's update on issues and cases making trade secrets | noncompete news. The developments are as follows… Federal: The Senate vote on the Defend Trade Secret...
On March 10, in R.J. O'Brien & Assoc., LLC v. Williamson, another United States District Court judge in Illinois (Judge Robert Gettleman) weighed in on the controversial Fifield v. Premier D...
On March 10 (the last day to do so), the Utah legislature passed the Senate's amended version of the noncompete reform bill. For details about the bill, see Utah Noncompete Reform: Only Today Left....
With less than a day left, we're down to the wire on Utah's consideration of noncompete reform this session. Yesterday, March 9, the Utah Senate made some amendments (see below) to the version fr...
On March 8, as expected, the Utah Senate took up the noncompete bill. However, rather than approve a ban on employee noncompetes (as approved by the House), the Utah Senate approved a bill t...
Below are the latest issues and cases making trade secrets | noncompete news since our last update … Georgia: In February, the Georgia State Senate focused on the intersection between publics r...
Both trade secrets laws and noncompete laws are the product of state law, although at the federal level there is a criminal trade secrets law (the Economic Espionage Act). These laws are in a constan...
Massachusetts noncompete reform efforts took a significant step forward today. Massachusetts Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo announced today a very thoughtful proposal for significant changes...
Alabama's new so-called "Restrictive Covenant Act," Ala. Code §§ 8-1-190-197, reproduced below, can be a bit hard to find. (Hat tip to the law firm of Sirote & Permutt, which has a nice summ...
There have been a few issues and cases making trade secrets | noncompete news recently that are worth taking note of if you missed them. They are as follows… Michigan: Republican (yes, Republ...
Having looked back over the last couple of years, I realized that I have failed to provide enough updates on issues and cases making trade secrets | noncompete news. So, I am going to try to resume...