Restrictions on Noncompetes: Recent FTC Developments on Wage and Hour Workers
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will advise employment counsel on the executive order that President Biden signed regarding noncompete agreements. The panel will discuss recent FTC developments and the state law trend of disfavoring restrictions on employee mobility, such as noncompete agreements.
Outline
- History of noncompete regulation
- Biden Executive Order
- FTC possible regulations
- Future of noncompete beyond low-wage workers
- Best practices for employers in the future seeking to limit unfair competition and protect their businesses
Benefits
The panel will review these and other critical issues:
- What does the Promoting Competition in the American Economy Executive Order accomplish?
- What has the FTC stated or implied regarding any future possible rulemaking?
- How have states handled restrictions on noncompetes?
- How can counsel best address the potential limitations on using noncompetes when developing employment policies in the future
Faculty
Russell Beck
Partner
Beck Reed Riden
Mr. Beck is a business, trade secrets, and employee mobility litigator, nationally recognized for his trade secrets and... | Read More
Mr. Beck is a business, trade secrets, and employee mobility litigator, nationally recognized for his trade secrets and noncompete experience. A leading authority on the law of trade secrets, noncompetes, and employee mobility, he literally wrote the law, wrote the book, and teaches the course on noncompete law in Massachusetts. Similarly, Mr. Beck revised the Massachusetts Uniform Trade Secrets Act, wrote the books Trade Secrets Law for the Massachusetts Practitioner (1st ed. MCLE 2019) and Negotiating, Drafting, and Enforcing Noncompetition Agreements and Related Restrictive Covenants (6th ed., MCLE, Inc. 2021), teaches the course Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants at Boston University School of Law, and co-hosts a podcast on trade secrets and restrictive covenants called Fairly Competing.
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Amit S. Bindra
Partner
The Prinz Law Firm
Mr. Bindra focuses his practice on employment and executive agreements, noncompete, non-solicit and trade secret... | Read More
Mr. Bindra focuses his practice on employment and executive agreements, noncompete, non-solicit and trade secret disputes, business consulting, executive career counseling, appeals, whistleblower claims, employment arbitration agreements, unpaid wages, and employment discrimination. He has extensive experience working with executives physicians, and corporations. Mr. Bindra was also one of the lead architects and drafters of an amendment to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act that significantly reformed how noncompete and non-solicit agreements are litigated in the state of Illinois. He testified in support of the law and helped bring together a bipartisan coalition of support. As a result, the amendment passed with unanimous support in the Illinois legislature in 2021.
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John H. Chun
Partner
Herrick Feinstein
Mr. Chun is a seasoned litigator with experience handling a wide range of complex commercial, restrictive... | Read More
Mr. Chun is a seasoned litigator with experience handling a wide range of complex commercial, restrictive covenant, trade secret, and real estate litigation matters. His clients include private equity and hedge funds, startups, C-suite executives, technology and healthcare companies, insurance companies and brokers, and other corporate clients. Mr Chun has extensive experience counseling and litigating issues related to employee mobility and protecting trade secrets, including breach of restrictive covenants, corporate raiding, and clawback claims. He litigates misappropriation and non-compete cases on behalf of both employers and executives.
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