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...
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...
As regular readers of this blog know, several years ago, I became curious to see how many reported trade secret / noncompete decisions were issued each year in all federal and state courts around the...
The BRR 50 State Noncompete Chart has been substantially updated to reflect numerous developments in statutory or case law since the last draft, as well as clarifications of existing laws. Click h...
As of Thursday, August 6, Arkansas noncompete law was statutorily modified by the addition of Ark. Code 4-70-207. With all of the talk about states (like New Hampshire, Hawaii, Massachusetts,...
Noncompete law is a creature of state regulation. As such, no surprise, we have 50 variations (really 51, when you factor in DC - albeit 3 states (California, Oklahoma, and North Dakota) prohibit emp...
As regular readers of this blog know, several years ago, I became curious to see how many reported trade secret / noncompete decisions were issued each year in all federal and state courts around the...
A few years ago, I became curious to see how many reported trade secret / noncompete decisions were issued each year in all federal and state courts around the country. So, I did a “back of the enve...
A few years ago, I became curious to see how many reported trade secret / noncompete decisions were issued each year in all federal and state courts around the country. So, I did a “back of the enve...
The BRR 50 State Noncompete Chart has been updated to reflect various changes in statutory or case law, as well as clarifications of existing laws. Click here to get the latest version. ...
A few years ago, I became curious to see how many reported trade secret / noncompete decisions were issued each year in all federal and state courts around the country. So, I did a “back of the enve...
With some exceptions (most notably California, Oklahoma, and North Dakota) properly-drafted, properly-executed employee noncompete agreements are generally enforceable around the country, as long as,...
A few years ago, I became curious to see how many reported trade secret / noncompete decisions were issued each year. So, I did a “back of the envelope” calculation. I have performed similar ca...
The BRR 50 State Noncompete Chart has been updated (as of April 29, 2012) to reflect an update to Illinois, Montana, Texas, and Wisconsin laws. The Illinois Supreme Court has rejected the co...
About a year a a half ago, I was curious to see how many actual reported trade secret / noncompete decisions were issued each year. So, I did a "back of the envelope" calculation. The results are here...
This year, we have seen several dramatic changes to noncompete laws around the country. The following are some of the highlights: California: Many people thought noncompetes were DOA with the Cal...
The BRR 50 State Noncompete Chart has been updated today (June 26, 2011) to reflect an update to Colorado and Texas laws. Both changes reflect significant developments in the respective state's...
The BRR 50 State Noncompete Chart has been updated today (April 12, 2011) to reflect an update to South Carolina’s handling of overly broad restrictions. Specifically, the South Carolina Supreme Co...