This blog by the six-time published author Jonathan Cooper, is intended to educate the general public about issues of interest, particularly innovations and changes in the law, in the areas of non-compete agreements, breach of contract matters, and school negligence.
For additional information on any of these topics, readers are encouraged to download these FREE e-books:
- To Compete or Not to Compete: The Definitive Insider's Guide to Non-Compete Agreements Under New York Law
- When Schools Fail to Protect Our Kids
- When You Don't Have a Written Agreement
- Why Most Accident Victims Do Not Recover the Full Value of Their Claim
- Why Are There So Few Successful Defective Products Lawsuits?
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How this Former Employer Won its Nonsolicit Breach Case in CaliforniaIn an August 19 opinion, a California appeals court upheld a trial court's decision awarding a former employer damages for solicitation and misappropriation
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Ellis Hospital Sues St. Peters Health Partners Over Surreptitious Noncompetes with 27 CardiologistsOn August 12, Schenectady's Ellis Hospital sued to bar enforcement of St. Peter's Health's 1-year noncompete agreements with 27 local cardiologists
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If Signed, What Does the No Severance Ultimatums Act Mean for Employers?On June 1, NY's Senate Passed the No Severance Ultimatums Act. Now it awaits Governor Hochul's signature.
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Will Proposed Open Weight AI Models End AI Trade Secret Theft Cases Before They Begin?A July 24 open letter from 26 industry heads urges AI leaders to expand access and make public their AI models. This could end AI trade secret theft claims.
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The FTC's Broad Noncompete Ban May be Dead, but its Enforcement Certainly Isn'tIn the last 6 months alone, the FTC has made clear that even without a nationwide noncompete ban, overreaching noncompete agreements won't be tolerated
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Citing Defendants' "Remarkable" Destruction of Evidence, Appeals Court Reinstates Trade Secret Theft ClaimIn a May 26 ruling, North Carolina's Supreme Court reinstated an insurer's trade secret theft case due to defendants' wide-ranging deletion of evidence
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Washington Joins States That Ban Non-CompetesOn March 23, Washington State's governor Bob Ferguson passed a new law banning non-compete agreements, and broadens how those prohibited agreements are defined
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California Federal Court Dismisses AI Trade Secret Misappropriation Claim Right Out of the GateA February 26 decision from a California Federal Court dismissed an AI trade secret theft claim right out of the gate, at the pleading stage
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How Employers with Washington-based Employees Face Exposure Under Noncompete LawsIn the last number of years, Washington State has aligned itself with the growing number of jurisdictions that have strongly hemmed in noncompetes
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Stick a Fork in it, the FTC's Noncompete Rule is DoneOn September 5, the FTC took the definitive step of formally withdrawing its appeals seeking to uphold its Noncompete Rule, and agreed to vacate the Rule
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New Executive Order Revokes Biden FTC's Mandate to Use Regulatory Power to Ban NoncompetesOn August 13, President Trump issued a new Executive Order that rescinded the Biden Administration's marching order to the FTC to ban noncompetes
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Florida Goes All In On Its New, Expanded Noncompete LawIn a striking countermove to many states' laws curbing noncompetes, Florida has now significantly broadened its noncompete rules