The Georgia Supreme Court held that the Georgia Restrictive Covenants Act does not require that restrictive covenants contain an express geographic restriction to be enforceable.
Employers that rely on non-compete agreements to protect their trade secrets and other legitimate business interests got some welcome news on August 20.
On August 14, 2024, a federal court in Florida in Properties of the Villages, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission entered a limited injunction prohibiting the FTC from enforcing its non-compete rule against the named plaintiff.
On July 23, 2024, Pennsylvania enacted the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act, which bans certain noncompete covenants, including patient nonsolicitation provisions, between an employer and health care practitioner.
On July 23, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania declined to block the FTC’s final rule that would cause most non-compete agreements, with few exceptions, to be unenforceable.
On July 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a limited stay and preliminary injunction of the FTC’s final rule that would render almost all non-compete agreements, with very limited exceptions, unenforceable.
The 2024 Colorado legislative session has concluded and resulted in several new laws affecting Colorado employers. This Insight provides an overview of some significant changes.
As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law updates.
In recent years, Minnesota has enacted sweeping legislation impacting Minnesota employers at a break-neck pace. As the most recent legislative session came to a close, another set of new and supplemental laws was passed and quickly signed by Gov. Walz.
Littler’s 12th Annual Employer Survey explores how U.S. businesses are responding to change and uncertainty across several key workplace issues, while bracing for increased regulatory enforcement and a rise in employment-related litigation.
