Restrictive Covenants

New and Updated

• Date:

  September 11, 2025

  Type:

  News

  Federal Noncompete Rule Is Dead But FTC Continues Enforcement

  The FTC has dropped its appeal of a district court's nationwide injunction halting a federal rule that would have banned nearly all noncompete agreements.

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  HR Under the Trump Administration: Policies, Challenges and Transformations

  Enhanced to include information on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and to improve comprehensiveness, organization and scope of coverage. 

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employment Contracts and Restrictive Covenants: Texas

  Updated to reflect forthcoming amendments related to noncompete agreements with physicians and healthcare practitioners.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employment Contracts and Restrictive Covenants: Florida

  Updated to reflect addition of the CHOICE Act regulating the use of noncompete and garden leave agreements for highly compensated employees, effective July 1, 2025.

• Type:

  50-State Charts

  Noncompete Laws by State

  Updated to reflect noncompete provisions for certain physicians and highly compensated employers in Florida, effective July 1, 2025.

• Date:

  July 15, 2025

  Type:

  Editor's Choice

  Find Out Your July 1 Workplace Compliance Requirements Before It's Too Late

  Updated to reflect Florida noncompete law, Indiana noncompete law, Kentucky injury and illness reporting rule, and Rhode Island accommodation, discrimination, captive audience meeting and distracted driving laws.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Texas Expands Noncompete Agreement Requirements for Healthcare Practitioners

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Indiana Bans Physician Noncompete Agreements

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Florida Law Strengthens Enforcement of Noncompete Agreements

• Date:

  July 8, 2025

  Type:

  News

  Florida CHOICE Act Strengthens Noncompetes for Employers

  Florida's new CHOICE Act boosts protections in favor of employers for noncompete and "garden leave" agreements of up to four years.