This blog carefully tracks developments related to Georgia’s Restrictive Covenant Act (RCA), which passed in 2011 and substantially revised Georgia’s non-compete law. Until last week, there were no published opinions from the appellate courts in Georgia addressing the RCA. Also,…
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Recently, shared-office rental company WeWork reached a settlement with the attorney general (AG) of New York to end or limit WeWork’s use of non-compete agreements for nearly all of its employees in the U.S. WeWork is an industry leader in…
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Non-compete agreements and the fact that they are frequently abused have been a newsworthy topic in the last few years. In a previous blog post, I discussed the negative reaction to Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches restricting its sandwich-makers from working…
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After almost a decade of debate, the Massachusetts legislature has passed non-compete reform. Historically, the law in Massachusetts favored broad enforcement of non-competes against departing employees. Some believed that as a result of liberal enforcement of non-competes, Massachusetts was losing…
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