Restrictive covenant wage thresholds and criteria exist in 13 states and D.C. Our updated chart reflects thresholds through June 22, 2026.
Tennessee’s new noncompete law creates a $70,000 salary threshold, adopts presumptively reasonable timeframes, and takes effect July 1, 2026.
Virginia has passed three new noncompete laws, each of which will will impose new restrictions effective on July 1, 2026.
So far this year, there have been 101 noncompete bills pending in 34 states, 5 of which have died and 6 of which have passed.
As previously noted, Washington state has a new law, effective June 30, 2027, that will prohibit all employee noncompetes. Here are the FAQs you need to know.
Washington state has a new law, effective June 30, 2027, that will prohibit all employee noncompetes.
A look at the FTC’s noncompete workshop, shrinking Commission, and escalating enforcement against noncompetes and no-hire agreements.
Nine 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.
Restrictive covenant wage thresholds and criteria exist in 11 states and D.C. We've updated our chart to reflect the latest 2025 legislative developments.
A new Texas law expands restrictions on noncompetes for physicians, nurses, dentists, and physician assistants, adding buyout caps, geographic limits, and new exemptions.
Four senators reintroduce (again) a ban on employee noncompetes.
Updated June 29, 2025 to count Oregon’s law in the tally and remove Kansas’s law from the tally. With legislative sessions in or headed into recess in many states, it’s time for an update on...
75 state noncompete bills in 35 states. Arkansas and Wyoming pass new laws, Virginia’s bill is pending Governor action, and two have failed.
The FTC is in a state of flux, some the natural result of a change in administrations, and others unique to this change.
Acting General Counsel of the NLRB rescinded two memos of the prior GC declaring noncompetes and training repayment agreements unlawful.
Restrictive covenant wage thresholds and criteria exist in 11 states and D.C. Our updated chart for 2025 is now available.
Restrictive covenant wage thresholds and criteria exist in 11 states and D.C. New updates for 2025 are now all available.
Washington Supreme Court arguably narrowed the circumstances in which anti-moonlighting provisions for low-wage workers are permissible.
Everything you need to know about the new antitrust guidelines pushed out by FTC Chair Lina Khan in her last days as Chair.
A new episode of Fairly Competing is out. Join us for the key developments in trade secret and restrictive covenant law from 2024 and predictions for 2025.
Restrictive covenant wage thresholds and criteria exist in 11 states and D.C. Do your agreements comply? We updated our chart to help.
New state noncompete bills are coming in 2025. The first 14 focus on healthcare workers, low-wage workers, full bans, and fines.
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.