Beck Reed Riden’s 50-state noncompete chart updated for legislative and other legal developments around the country so far in 2026.
New laws in Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Nebraska, and New Hampshire continue the expansion of restrictive covenant regulation.
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.
A look at the FTC’s noncompete workshop, shrinking Commission, and escalating enforcement against noncompetes and no-hire agreements.
Our 50-state noncompete chart has been updated for 2026 wage thresholds and other criteria for use of noncompetes.
The NLRB continues the expansive view of what agreements chill employee’s unionization rights, but that may be changing soon.
A new episode of Fairly Competing is out. Join us for the key developments in trade secret and restrictive covenant law from 2025 and predictions for 2026.
The FTC’s workshop on noncompetes - “Moving Forward: Protecting Workers from Anticompetitive Noncompete Agreements” - has been rescheduled for January 27, 2026.
Our first-of-its-kind, regularly updated, 50-state noncompete survey chart has been updated once again.
The FTC will hold a noncompete workshop on October 8, 2025, featuring panels on worker impact, policy perspectives, and economic costs.
The FTC has started sending letters to companies that it believes may be overusing or abusing noncompetes and other restrictive covenants. Ignore the issue at your peril.
The FTC seeks public input on noncompetes, immediately following its first enforcement action. Now is the time to review your noncompetes.
The Ferguson-led FTC has launched its first noncompete enforcement action. More cases will follow. Now is the time to review your agreements.
Can an employer terminate garden leave clause payments? Is “I don’t remember” a viable defense to a noncompete? Are NDAs and nonsolicits an adequate substitute for a noncompete? And when will courts reform an overly broad restriction? A recent Superior Court decision provides guidance.
Biden’s 2021 noncompete executive order is revoked. What it means for the future of federal noncompete regulation.
Our first-of-its-kind, regularly updated, 50-state noncompete survey chart has again been updated for the latest legislative developments.
The Supreme Court’s limits on universal injunctions put the FTC’s noncompete rule back in play. What does it mean for noncompetes?
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...
The SJC has spoken: Forfeiture agreements are not covered by the Massachusetts noncompete statute
Both Courts of Appeals have granted the FTC’s motions to pause its appeals in the two noncompete cases, while the FTC undergoes changes.
75 state noncompete bills in 35 states. Arkansas and Wyoming pass new laws, Virginia’s bill is pending Governor action, and two have failed.