National Non-Compete Update – March 2018
IBM & Its Diversity Trade Secrets: IBM had sued its former Chief Diversity Officer for moving to Microsoft and breaching a non-compete agreement. At issue: IBM claimed that Lindsay Rae McIntyre was...
View ArticleDOJ Announces First No-Poaching Settlement
On April 3, 2018, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced the first no-poaching antitrust settlement of the Trump Administration. Previously, senior DOJ officials had made public...
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Tinder Files Basically Frivolous IP Lawsuit v. Bumble
In an ongoing battle between rival dating apps, Tinder is suing Bumble for patent infringement, trademark infringement and theft of trade secrets. In a complaint filed on March 16, 2018, Match Group,...
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Non-Compete News & Notes – August 2018
It’s August of 2018 and non-compete agreements are still rampant in American markets. Not surprisingly, non-compete litigation remains big business for management-side lawyers, particularly at large...
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WeWork Runs Scared, Drops Abusive Non-Competes After State AG Threat
In a turn of events that should surprise no one, the bro-ed out start-up WeWork has caught heat for abusing employee non-compete agreements. That’s right. While holding itself as new wave, disruptive,...
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Janitor Non-Compete Agreements. Yep. That’s a Thing.
Proving once again that corporate greed knows no limits, real estate firm Cushman Wakefield recently sued a former janitor, Sonia Mercado, for violating a non-compete agreement. The Washington Post...
View Article2019: Non-Compete Abuse, Civil Rights, Morality, and Reform
Since starting my own law firm more than seven years ago, I have done one type of work more than any other: Defend poor people against bogus, abusive, illegal non-compete agreements. In all fairness, I...
View ArticleCorporate (Mis)Use of Non-Compete Agreements as Insurance Against Ex-Employee...
Around 2010, non-compete abuse in America reached peak absurdity. As I have explained many times: This was a a product of the following factors: (1) The internet and the information age. (2) Widespread...
View ArticleEmployee Non-Compete Agreements as Section 1 Violations
To anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of antitrust law, it is obvious that employee non-compete agreements are at least potentially problematic. By definition, non-compete agreements are...
View ArticleVirgina Bans Many Non-Compete Agreements
Virginia has passed non-compete reform, banning non-compete agreements for certain low and middle income workers. The state joins several others that have recently enacted new laws intended to curb...
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