The ramp-up to legislatively limit noncompetes continues: there have been 25 states with 74 noncompete bills so far this year, and 4 more are pending in Congress; 2 dead, 1 passed, 1 about to.
45 state bills to modify noncompete law are pending across 21 states. In this series, we cover all 45 bills (and any new ones that are filed) — and will be simultaneously updating our Changing Trade Secrets | Noncompete Laws page. Today’s installment is about Georgia’s bill.
It seems that, lately, each installment of Trade Secret | Noncompete Issues and Cases in the News could be called, “What I read over my vacation.” As was inevitably the case, given the time betwee...
After months of confusion, it is now official: Georgia has a new - and valid - noncompete law. The law will apply only to noncompete agreements entered into on or after May 11, 2011, and will permit G...
Well, the waiting is over. Georgia voters voted to change their constitution to permit noncompetes to be more enforceable. Georgia had been long known as one of the harder states in which to enforc...