Yet another state has made it harder for businesses to implement restrictive covenants—this time with criminal penalties.
Colorado’s restrictive covenants statute already provides that it is unlawful to “use force, threats, or other means of intimidation to prevent any person from engaging in any lawful occupation,” and further states that non-competes are invalid unless they fall into one of four categories:
- Covenants made in connection with the purchase and sale of a business (or the assets of a business);
- Covenants made for the protection of trade secrets;
- Covenants for the recovery of expenses incurred in educating and training employees who were employed for less than 2 years; and
- Covenants for executive and management personnel (and their professional staff) and officers.
That has been the law in Colorado for years—but a new, draconian portion of the statute will go into effect in just over a month.
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Thursday, January 27, 2022
Throughout 2021, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing clients today. This year’s series included: