Employment Law Commentary

May 25, 2023 - Legislation, Non-Compete
Minnesota Passes Near Total Ban of Non-Compete Agreements
By: Andrew R. Turnbull and David F. Papas
On May 16, 2023, the Minnesota legislature passed SF 3035 (the “Bill”), banning nearly all post-termination non-compete agreements with employees and independent contractors. Although the Bill marks another state in the trend of jurisdictions passing laws limiting the use of employee non-competes, the Bill goes
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April 06, 2023 - Non-Compete
Recent Non-Compete Trends: Courts Continue to Enforce Non-Competes While Politicians Seek to Narrow Them
By: Eric Akira Tate, Andrew R. Turnbull, Michael Schulman, Cooper J. Spinelli and Jinny S. Hwang
The FTC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of its Non-Compete Clause Rule, which would ban non-competes altogether if promulgated, opened 2023 with a bang. Whether it goes into effect, in what form, and whether the Rule will survive the legal challenges it will encounter, all
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March 31, 2023 - Non-Compete
Trio of Delaware Cases Signal Stricter Review of Sale-of-Business Non-Competes
By: Andrew R. Turnbull, Cooper J. Spinelli and David F. Papas
On March 16, 2023, the Delaware Chancery Court in Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc. v. Eastman found a sale-of-business non-compete was overbroad, given its worldwide geographic scope, and refused to modify it to make it enforceable. Intertek marks the third time in less than
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December 07, 2022 - Non-Compete
Delaware Court Refuses to Enforce or Blue Pencil Sale of Business Non-compete
By: Eric Akira Tate, Andrew R. Turnbull and Cooper J. Spinelli
20 second read: While courts generally appear to give greater deference to enforcement of sale of business non-competes, at least one Delaware court confirmed that if a court thinks the restrictions go beyond the scope of the business being sold, it may refuse to enforce
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July 21, 2022 - Legislation, Non-Compete, Trade Secrets
D.C. Council Waters Down Non-Compete Ban While Keeping Some Significant Limitations
By: Andrew R. Turnbull and Eric Gebert
On July 12, 2022, the D.C. Council amended the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (the “Amendment”), walking back from an earlier version of the bill that, as previously discussed, contemplated a nearly total ban for employee non-competes. The Amendment, however, places significant limits
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May 18, 2022 - Non-Compete
Preparing for Colorado’s New Limits on Employee Non-Competes
By: Andrew R. Turnbull and David F. Papas
Continuing the ongoing trend of states placing restrictions on employee non-competes, on May 10, 2022, the Colorado General Assembly passed a bill amending C.R.S. § 8-2-113 (the “Amendment”) and adding significant limitations on employee non-compete agreements. Most notably, the Amendment seeks to: Void all non-compete
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June 30, 2021 - Non-Compete, Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Illinois Ushers In New Restrictions on Non-competes and Non-solicits
By: Eric Akira Tate and Andrew R. Turnbull
On May 31, 2021, the Illinois General Assembly passed amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (the “Amendments”) that aim to impose significant new restrictions on employee non-compete and non-solicit agreements in Illinois. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign the Amendments
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February 10, 2021 - Non-Compete, Legislation, Trade Secrets
The District of Columbia Joins Jurisdictions Banning Non-competes
By: Andrew R. Turnbull and Eric Gebert
On January 11, 2021, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (“the Act”), effectively eliminating non-competes in Washington, D.C., except under very limited circumstances. The Act is anticipated to take effect on March 19, 2021.
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August 07, 2020 - Non-Compete, Legislation, Trade Secrets
California Supreme Court Clarifies Standards for B2B Non-Competition Agreements and Disputes in California
By: Eric Akira Tate
This week, on August 3, 2020, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Ixchel Pharma, LLC v. Biogen, Inc. , which resolved two questions regarding the standards to be applied for non-competition agreements and disputes between businesses in California. The first was whether
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July 29, 2019 - Non-Compete
Tightening Restrictions on Noncompetes
Many employers have long used noncompetition agreements, or noncompetes, as an important tool for preventing former employees from unfairly competing against them. Although only a few states outright ban noncompetes with employees,[1] most states permit employers to use noncompetes as long as they are
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Minnesota Passes Near Total Ban of Non-Compete Agreements

By: Andrew R. Turnbull and David F. Papas

Recent Non-Compete Trends: Courts Continue to Enforce Non-Competes While Politicians Seek to Narrow Them

By: Eric Akira Tate, Andrew R. Turnbull, Michael Schulman, Cooper J. Spinelli and Jinny S. Hwang

Trio of Delaware Cases Signal Stricter Review of Sale-of-Business Non-Competes

By: Andrew R. Turnbull, Cooper J. Spinelli and David F. Papas

Delaware Court Refuses to Enforce or Blue Pencil Sale of Business Non-compete

By: Eric Akira Tate, Andrew R. Turnbull and Cooper J. Spinelli

D.C. Council Waters Down Non-Compete Ban While Keeping Some Significant Limitations

By: Andrew R. Turnbull and Eric Gebert

Preparing for Colorado’s New Limits on Employee Non-Competes

By: Andrew R. Turnbull and David F. Papas

Illinois Ushers In New Restrictions on Non-competes and Non-solicits

By: Eric Akira Tate and Andrew R. Turnbull

The District of Columbia Joins Jurisdictions Banning Non-competes

By: Andrew R. Turnbull and Eric Gebert

California Supreme Court Clarifies Standards for B2B Non-Competition Agreements and Disputes in California

By: Eric Akira Tate

Tightening Restrictions on Noncompetes