By Michael Tamvakologos & Ian Neil SC
This post has been cross-posted from Seyfarth’s Workplace Law & Strategy blog, and discusses Australian law on non-competes.
It seems like death by a thousand cuts. In August last year, Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a Competition Review to examine competition laws, policies and institutions to focus on reforms that would increase
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On Tuesday, July 18, Chris DeMeo, serving as moderator, led a distinguished virtual panel featuring Jesse Coleman, alongside Tanzeela Ahmad (Senior Employment Counsel, Stryker), Robin Rogers (General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer, CoventBridge), and Victor Wright (Vice President, Global Labor & Employment Law, Baker Hughes). They presented insights during a webinar hosted by the ACC on the timely topic of
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We are proud to announce that Seyfarth Shaw’s Trade Secrets group has been recognized as one of the best in the country by the Legal 500 United States 2024 edition. This recognition underscores our commitment to excellence in trade secrets law. Feedback from corporate counsel was crucial in determining this ranking, with Seyfarth partners Michael Wexler, Kate Perrelli, Robert Milligan
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We are thrilled to announce the release of the Chambers Trade Secrets 2024 Global Practice Guide, a comprehensive resource providing the latest insights and legal updates in the field of trade secrets law. Authored by leading experts in the industry, including Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s very own Robert Milligan and Dawn Mertineit, this guide is an invaluable tool for professionals navigating
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At least three lawsuits have now been filed against the FTC to block implementation of its new rule to ban non-competes.
The first suit was filed in Texas federal court (Northern District) the day that the rule was announced by a global tax preparation service.
Next, the US Chamber of Commerce and related business associations filed suit in federal court
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This afternoon, the FTC voted to adopt a proposed final rule banning most non-competes with workers in the United States. The final rule provides that it is an unfair method of competition—and therefore a violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act—for employers to enter into non-competes with workers. The Commission found that non-competes tend to negatively affect competitive conditions
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Robert Milligan—Seyfarth partner and co-chair of the firm’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes practice—is presenting the “Latest Developments in Trade Secrets Litigation and Protection” session at the California Lawyers Association 2022 IP Institute on Friday, November 4, in Dana Point, California.
For this panel, an experienced group of trade secret attorneys, who recently co-edited and co-authored the Trade Secret
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As we have previously blogged about, in 2016 the Nevada Supreme Court refused to adopt the “blue pencil” doctrine and held that Nevada courts could not modify over-broad restrictive covenants. The following year, we alerted readers that the Nevada legislature amended Nevada Revised Statute 613, governing non-competition agreements. Among other things, the amendment granted courts the authority to “blue-pencil” non-competition agreements, overturning the Nevada Supreme Court’s 2016 decision in Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc. v. Islam.
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On Friday, November 13, 2020, from 12:20 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. Pacific, Seyfarth Partner Robert Milligan will present and moderate a panel for the California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Law Section Shelter in Place Institute. The “Latest Developments in Trade Secrets Law and Employee Mobility” panel will cover some of the latest developments in trade secrets law and employee mobility
Los Angeles partner Robert Milligan and counsel Darren Dummit will present an online CLE webinar for Strafford on October 15, 2020 at 10 a.m. pacific for business counsel to provide guidance regarding legal concerns in negotiating termination and suspension provisions contained in commercial contracts drafted in a pre-pandemic world, as well as the considerations for such provisions in the post-pandemic
Continue Reading Robert Milligan and Darren Dummit Present For Strafford Concerning Structuring Termination Clauses in Commercial Contracts: Force Majeure, Impossibility, and Frustration of Purpose