As readers of this blog already know, the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule banning the use of most employee noncompetes throughout the United States. It’s estimated that this new rule will impact at least 30 million employment
Yesterday afternoon, as expected, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its Final Rule banning noncompetes throughout the United States during an open hearing available to the public. The FTC’s Final Rule is more measured than the proposed rule announced on
On Thursday, March 21, 2024, I will be speaking at the Defense Research Institute’s 2024 Business and Intellectual Property Litigation Super Conference on a panel, “Tips from the Trenches: Litigating and Trying Trade Secret Cases as a Plaintiff and Defendant,
In a post last year, I proposed a solution for a recurring problem in trade secret litigation–namely, the situation where a former employee takes information but quickly regrets their conduct and looks for a way to resolve the dispute.
On Thursday, March 14, 2024 and Friday, March 15, 2024, I will be speaking at the AIPLA 2024 Trade Secret Summit on three panels. The Trade Secret Summit has become one of the premiere trade secret law events, with thought
On Wednesday, March 6, 2024, I will be speaking at the State Bar of Georgia ICLE – Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets CLE on a panel entitled “The Assault on Noncompetes: Update on FTC, NLRB and State Efforts to Ban
On Tuesday, January 30, 2024, I will be giving a one-hour Webinar/CLE for the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) entitled “Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Law Year in Review.”
As readers of this blog know, the number of trade secret
On January 1, 2024, California officially began exporting its ban on noncompetes, nonsolicits, broad confidentiality agreements, and likely no-recruits to the rest of the country.
As Russell Beck has written, in September and October, California passed two laws that together
A recent scandal unites two of my favorite passions: college football and trade secret litigation. As most sports fans are aware, the University of Michigan’s polarizing head coach Jim Harbaugh was suspended last Friday by the Big Ten Conference as
A debate is growing within the trade secret community about the scope of information that should be protected–specifically, confidential information that does not rise to the level of a trade secret. This debate is largely between employers and their counsel