Thomson Reuters Practical Law has released the 2023 update to “Garden Leave Provisions in Employment Agreements,” co-authored by our colleague Peter A. Steinmeyer and Lauri F. Rasnick. The Note discusses garden leave provisions in employment agreements as an alternative or a companion to traditional employee non-compete agreements. It addresses the differences between garden leave and […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it will be hosting a public forum on February 16, 2022, from 12:00-3:00 pm ET, to discuss its proposed nationwide non-compete ban. The forum is intended to supplement the FTC’s request for written comments, which as of today have exceeded 10,000. According to the FTC, “[t]the commission […]
US Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and US Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) on February 1st reintroduced the Workforce Mobility Act. The legislation would ban the use of non-compete agreements with some limited exceptions. US Representative Scott Peters (D-Calif.-52) and US Representative Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.-08) introduced the legislation in the US House of Representatives. US Senator Tim […]
Thursday, January 12, 20233:00 pm to 4:00 pm Eastern 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Central1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Mountain12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Pacific REGISTER HERE In the first installment of the 2023 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Webinar Series, our team will focus on the new Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) proposed rule banning the […]
Published: Jan. 23, 2023 at 6:01 PM CST|Updated: 10 hours ago NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Rosen Law Firm, PA Logo(PRNewswire) WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Tattooed Chef, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTCF) between March 20, 2021 and October 12, 2022both dates inclusive (the “Class […]
This post was originally published on Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill blog. Ransomware attacks have become one of the most common and pervasive cybercrimes perpetrated against US companies. A bad actor, often from overseas, will gain access to upload malware onto a company’s network storage or application platforms that encrypt all files it can access. […]
The FTC’s proposed rule banning non-competes with employees and workers has now been published in the Federal Register. The rule would provide that non-compete clauses are an unfair method of competition and as a result, the rule would ban employers from entering non-compete clauses with their employees and workers (defined by the FTC to include […]
In the first installment of our 2023 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Webinar Series, Seyfarth partners Kate Perrelli, Michael Wexler, Robert Milligan, Dan Hart, and Dawn Mertineit discussed the new Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) proposed rule banning the use of non-competes with employees and workers. The expert panel addressed what the proposed rule would do and […]