In April 2024, after a lengthy notice and comment period, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a final Rule banning nearly all post-employment non-compete agreements. On August 20, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a sweeping decision in Ryan...
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a final rule that would ban nearly all non-competition agreements in the United States. While states have been actively regulating non-competes in recent years, this rule marks the first time that a federal standard will...
The Department of Labor (DOL or Department) promulgated a new rule that is to go into effect on July 1, 2024. The final rule updates and revises the regulations issued under section 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) implementing the exemption from minimum...
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires the federal government, as well as certain private, state, and local employers, to provide "reasonable accommodations" to a qualified employee's or applicant's known limitations related to, affected by, or arising out of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions,...
On January 19, 2023, the FTC published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would prohibit the use of non-compete clauses in agreements between employers and employees, with few exceptions. The proposed rule seeks to facilitate labor mobility and “promote greater dynamism, innovation and healthy...
On Wednesday, October 27, 2021, a panel including by Walsh partner, Peter J. Pizzi, Prudential Financial Vice President, Corporate Counsel, Florence Yee, and Patrick Oot will present in a complimentary Webinar at 1:00 PM EDT on “SCOTUS Resolves the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Circuit...
By: Gerhard W. Buehning On September 11, 2020, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a 6-0 decision in Flanzman v. Jenny Craig, Inc., compelling arbitration under an agreement which did not set forth a process for choosing an arbitrator or designating an organization to conduct the...
NEWARK, NJ, SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 – Walsh Partner Peter J. Pizzi will be leading a panel discussing “Employee Mobility, Non-Competes, and NDAs: Protecting Trade Secrets and Customer Relationships in the Pandemic Era.” The event will be held as a virtual, no-cost webinar hosted by the...
This memorandum updates our previously published Client Alerts concerning relief for small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic (available here and available here). On June 3, 2020, the Senate approved the House-passed Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (the “Act”),[i] which the President signed...
This memorandum updates our previously published Client Alert concerning relief for small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic (available here). The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (the “Enhancement Act”)[i] is a second round of emergency economic stimulus funding that became law on...