Nearly 1 in 5 workers in the U.S. are bound by a noncompete agreement, according to data released Jan. 13 by the Economic Innovation Group. Noncompete agreements are regulated at the state level, with ...

On July 1, 2025, Florida’s Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act took effect, ushering in substantial changes to the state’s non-compete law ...

Already one of the most employer-friendly states in the country for the enforcement of restrictive covenant agreements, the CHOICE Act expands upon Florida’s existing statutory scheme to create even ...

My nonlawyer friends often assume non-compete agreements are not enforceable, usually because they had read an old headline about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) proposed rule banning ...

Florida recently passed a new bill on a hotly debated legal issue: non-compete bans. Several states, including California, North Dakota, and Wisconsin, currently have outright bans against these ...

Understand how this legal document protects sensitive information such as trade secrets, proprietary processes, client lists, business practices, and other intellectual property. What Is a Non-Compete ...