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July 9, 2021, Executive Order EO issued by President Joe Biden did not change the law of restrictive covenants directly. Rather, it encouraged the Federal Trade Commission FTC to act to regulate the unfair use of non-compete clauses and other restrictive covenants.

The legal landscape is rapidly changing with regards to restrictive covenants used by employers to protect against unfair competition and solicitation by current or former employees....

The legal landscape is rapidly changing with regards to restrictive covenants used by employers to protect against unfair competition and…

Many employers in Massachusetts use non-competes to protect their intellectual property. Non-compete agreements may be overly broad for that narrow purpose but their virtue is that it...

Many employers in Massachusetts use non-competes to protect their intellectual property. Non-compete agreements may be overly broad for that narrow purpose but their virtue is that it...

In the wake of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed rule that would effectively ban non-compete agreements nationwide, on February 1, 2023, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators...

On February 1, 2023, a coalition of U.S. Senators and Members of the House of Representatives reintroduced a bill titled the Workforce Mobility Act (the “Act”), seeking to prohibit the...

Senators and Members of the House of Representatives reintroduced a bill titled the Workforce Mobility Act seeking to prohibit the use and enforcement of post employment non competition agreements. The bill had been introduced in 2018, 2019, and 2021, but was stalled each time.

Non-compete agreements have had a rough 2023, most recently with President Biden specifically calling them out on Tuesday evening during his State of the Union and emphasizing his...

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has reintroduced a bill, dubbed the “Workforce Mobility Act of 2023,” that would largely ban the use of employer non-compete agreements nationwide as...