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As employers know, the rules surrounding noncompete provisions remain in flux. Earlier this month, California enacted new legislation, Senate Bill No. 699, impacting and further...

On September 1, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 699, which amends California Business & Professions Code Section 16600 to prohibit an employer...

The California Business and Professions Code Section 16600 renders “every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind” as...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Now that the Legislature’s September 14, 2023 deadline to pass bills to the Governor has come and gone, we are providing an overview of  which employment bills are...

Can you drive with an expired license? Can you fly? Here’s what California law says.

The California Business and Professions Code Section 16600 renders “every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession…

On Saturday, Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta announced that the state filed suit against five of the world's largest oil companies, their subsidiaries, and a trade group in an attempt to exact punitive damages from the groups for knowingly contributi

Our freedom isn’t secured by parchment.

Employers who sign employees up to noncompetition agreements or other restrictive covenants or seek to enforce the agreements — even when employees enter into the agreements outside...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $93 million settlement with Google, Inc. on Thursday in a lawsuit over the companys location tracking practices. The lawsuit initially arose when Bon...