The FTC’s proposed ban on non-competes was blocked in court and later withdrawn in 2025. However, the agency continues to scrutinize non-competes through enforcement, industry outreach, and supporting ...

Delaware court tosses worldwide non-compete spanning 68 countries, finding profits interests insufficient to ban employee ...

On July 1, 2025, Florida’s Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act took effect, ushering in substantial changes to the state’s non-compete law ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. While non-compete agreements survived two federal agencies ...

My nonlawyer friends often assume non-compete agreements are not enforceable, usually because they had read an old headline about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) proposed rule banning ...

Already one of the most employer-friendly states in the country for the enforcement of restrictive covenant agreements, the CHOICE Act expands upon Florida’s existing statutory scheme to create even ...

Arbitrators struck down Hightower’s attempts to enforce a non-compete clause against a Washington state-based advisor locked in a multi-year legal struggle with the firm. In its decision, arbitrators ...

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Understand how this legal document protects sensitive information such as trade secrets, proprietary processes, client lists, business practices, and other intellectual property. What Is a Non-Compete ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. A new Texas law has caused a seismic shift in the scope and ...

ONE RISK EVERY CPA FIRM SHOULD CONSIDER is the possibility departing employees may attempt to take clients of the firm with them. Firms can use a noncompete agreement to prevent an employee from ...