Thursday, October 15, 2026
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As employers face increasing restrictions on the use and enforceability of non-compete agreements, organizations must evaluate alternative strategies for protecting their confidential information, trade secrets, customer relationships
Continue Reading Webinar: Protections Beyond Non-Competes
For more than a decade, health care noncompete legislation largely focused on a familiar target: physician restrictive covenants.
That paradigm is rapidly disappearing.
Across the country, legislatures are no longer asking simply whether physician noncompetes should be enforceable. Instead, states are adopting increasingly diverse regulatory frameworks that address workforce mobility, market concentration, patient access, continuity of care, and the role
Continue Reading A New Era of Health Care Noncompetes: Emerging Models and the Future of Labor Mobility
Upon President Trump’s reelection and his immediate termination of not only former General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) but also Board Member Gywnne Wilcox, it was apparent that changes would soon be coming to the agency. One of the most significant early shifts occurred on February 14, 2025, when then-acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board William Cowen rescinded several memoranda Abruzzo had previously issued.
One of these, Memorandum GC 23-08, was issued on May 30, 2023, and stated that “[e]xcept in limited circumstances,” the “proffer, maintenance, and enforcement” of non-compete agreements violates the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”). See NLRB, Office of the General Counsel, Non-Compete Agreements that Violate the National Labor Relations Act, Memorandum GC 23-08, at p. 1 (May 30, 2023) (rescinded Feb. 24, 2025).
Another rescinded memorandum, Memorandum GC 25-01, was issued on October 7, 2024, and built on the first by making recommendations for “remedying the harmful effects of” not only noncompete agreements, but also “stay-or-pay” provisions such as training repayment agreement provisions (also known as “TRAPs”), educational repayment contracts, quit fees, damages clauses, and even sign-on bonuses tied to specific stay periods. See NLRB, Office of the General Counsel, Remedying the Harmful Effects of Non-Compete and “Stay-or-Pay” Provisions that Violate the National Labor Relations Act, Memorandum GC 25-01 (Oct. 7, 2024) (rescinded Feb. 14, 2025).
Continue Reading Cementing Directional Shift: NLRB Advice Memorandum Confirms Lawfulness of Non-Competes and Raises Questions About Separation Agreements
The North Carolina Business Court recently issued a decision that serves as a sharp reminder that California’s hostility to restrictive covenants can reach well beyond its borders—and attempting to enforce a void restriction may itself create liability.
BioSkryb, a North Carolina–based biotechnology company, removed one of its co-founders and former executives, Jason West, in 2024. Shortly thereafter, and following his
Continue Reading Liability Knows No Borders: BioSkryb and The Extraterritorial Reach of California’s Section 16600.5.
As part of Seyfarth’s 2026 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our panel presented FTC Non-Compete Ban Two Years Later: Enforcement & Workarounds, examining how the non-compete landscape continues to evolve following the FTC’s abandoned rulemaking effort and the growing influence of state law.
Jesse Coleman, Gary Friedman, and Eron Reid led a practical discussion for in-house counsel, HR
Continue Reading Key Takeaways and Access to Webinar Recording – FTC Non-Compete Enforcement Two Years Later: Enforcement & Workarounds
Dawn Mertineit, Marcus Mintz, and Michael Wexler, co-chairs of Seyfarth’s national Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud, and Non-Competes practice, are among the contributing authors to the Chambers Trade Secrets 2026 Global Practice Guide.
Mertineit, Mintz, and Wexler authored Chapter 13, “USA Trends and Developments,” examining the evolving US legal landscape governing restrictive covenants, trade secret protection, and employee
Continue Reading Dawn Mertineit, Marcus Mintz, and Michael Wexler Author Chapter on US Trade Secrets Trends in Chambers Global Practice Guide
Thursday, May 28, 2026
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Two years after the FTC’s landmark final rule on non-compete agreements, and more than a year after the rule was set aside by a federal court, employers
Continue Reading Webinar – FTC Non-Compete Ban Two Years Later: Enforcement & Workarounds
On March 5, 2026, we previously advised that Virginia’s Senate Bill 170 introduces new limitations on the enforceability of restrictive covenants by protecting employees who are terminated without cause. Effective April 13, 2026, that bill became law.
What Virginia Employers Need to Know
Non-competes entered into after July 1, 2026, will become unenforceable if the employer terminates the employee’s employment
Continue Reading Virginia Enacts New Restrictions on Non-Compete Agreements
Washington yesterday adopted a major shift in its approach to employee restrictive covenants. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1155 (ESHB 1155), approved by the Legislature in March 2026 and signed by the Governor yesterday, eliminates the use of noncompetition agreements in employment and independent contractor relationships beginning June 30, 2027 in specified situations including notices to existing agreement holders by October
Continue Reading Governor Signs Washington’s New Noncompete Law: What Employers Should Know—and How to Prepare