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The Federal Trade Commission’s move to strike down noncompete clauses in employment contracts seems sure to shake up the Madison tech scene, given that medical software giant Epic has enforced them for workers who leave the company.

The idea to site an off-leash dog park behind the Garver Feed Mill has been shot down before, just as it has at two other close-by parks, O.B. Sherry and Eastmorland.

Epic and Microsoft are focused on a huge challenge in healthcare: the ‘inordinate amount’ of time consumed documenting physician-patient interactions. Cost savings, improved productivity and higher job satisfaction could result.

In April 2021 Isthmus became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We returned to print in August 2021, 17 months after the shutdown. We have not missed a month since and are now a small staff of 6.5.

Odessa Piper, local food pioneer, returns to the Dane County Farmers’ Market that she has long supported.

Critics say Epic’s noncompete agreements needlessly restrict former employees from earning a living and seriously retard the growth of health-information technology firms spurred by Epic’s extraordinary success.

Critics say Epic’s noncompete agreements needlessly restrict former employees from earning a living and seriously retard the growth of health-information technology firms spurred by Epic’s extraordinary success.

During the comment period on the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements, the agency received more than 20,000 responses.

Isthmus is a hybrid these days. Still an alt, but a print monthly rather than a newsweekly. We’re also now a nonprofit; but unlike many, we cover culture in addition to news. Making our way in this new world can be both exciting and terrifying.

Sometimes parachuting into a story is not a bad thing, says veteran reporter Marc Eisen, who has followed the growth and impact of Epic Systems for more than 20 years. You see things with new eyes.