If you work in Florida and have signed a noncompete agreement, the landscape is now considerably worse. The new CHOICE Act makes Florida the most employer-friendly noncompete state in the country — and the federal lifeline many employees were counting on has been cut. If you work in healthcare, the story is more complicated than the headlines suggest.
As many of our readers may recall from our previous blog post, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule banning most noncompete agreements on a nationwide basis, which was set to take effect on September 4, 2024. However, recent legal developments have altered this trajectory, leaving many employees, particularly those in Florida, wondering
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In a landmark move, in April 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) introduced its final rule banning almost all non-compete agreements, a decision that will dramatically reshape the American labor landscape. This nearly all-encompassing ban is a fundamental shift towards a more equitable labor market. The upcoming non-compete ban was originally scheduled to go into
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On May 30, 2023, Jennifer Abruzzo, the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, issued memorandum GC 23-08 in which she recognized that overbroad non-compete agreements interfere with employees’ exercise of rights to engage in concerted activity under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (the Act or NLRA). It is the General
Non-Competes May Violate Federal Law! Read More »
Clients often ask whether a non-competition agreement they signed is valid. Employees are often surprised that Florida courts will generally enforce non-compete agreements. (If you signed a non-compete agreement, your employer could sue you if you went to work for a competitor and could even get a court order requiring you to quit your new job.)
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