The NLRB is testing its theory that noncompetes and other covenants constitute unfair labor practices under the NLRB. Employers take note.
FTC Chair testified at an oversight hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. She didn’t say much of substance on noncompetes, but so-called “enforcement actions” will continue. The time to take action is now - but don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Before New York joins the ranks of California, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Oklahoma as the fifth state with a complete ban on employee noncompetes, I took the opportunity to write to NY Governor Hochul to explain why caution is warranted.
New York is further along on its way to joining the ranks of California, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Oklahoma as the fifth state with a complete ban on employee noncompetes. Will you be ready?
New York is on its way to joining the ranks of California, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Oklahoma as the fifth state with a complete ban on employee noncompetes. Will you be ready?
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating FTC Chair Lina Khan. Next up, an investigation into NLRB GC Jennifer A. Abruzzo?
U.S. Chamber of Commerce calls the NLRB’s finding that most noncompetes are illegal a “blatantly unlawful overreach” and will challenge it.
The NLRB General Counsel leapfrogged the FTC to ban noncompetes. Here’s what you need to know and do now for your non-supervisor employees.
Were you wondering where Wyoming stands on a potential noncompete ban? You won’t find it on the legislature’s website or Legiscan. But, as it turns out, Wyoming is considering a ban, as well as a more limited restriction.
No one ever points to North Dakota’s or Oklahoma’s ban on noncompete as producing a thriving tech sector, because they haven’t. Yet, somehow think that the same ban in California is why we have Silicon Valley. This assumption is wrong for multiple reasons. Worse, it leads to poor policy.
With the 2019-2020 legislative session coming to an end in Massachusetts, we review the status of outstanding noncompete-related legislation pending at the statehouse.
It’s Thursday, so it must be time for another bill to ban noncompetes. This one comes from Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Senator Todd Young (R-IN), and is a federal bill. (As many of you...