Noncompete agreements often appear as part of employment contracts. These provisions typically prevent you from working in a similar profession or industry for a specified period after leaving your current employer. This can restrict your mobility within your field,...
Times are tough for practicing physicians. Hospitals and medical corporations have become major employers. This situation leaves doctors with less power than ever. The reason is that working for these companies often includes a noncompete agreement. The Federal Trade...
President Joe Biden's proposed ban on noncompete agreements could significantly impact the private sector. Noncompete agreements limit workers' ability to leave their job for a competitor or start their own enterprise. This practice has become particularly prevalent...
Employers regularly utlize non-compete agreements to protect their interests-such as trade secrets, confidential information and resources spent to train and educate their employees. The necessary result is that many employees face the decision whether or not to...
Non-compete agreements, also known as "covenants not to compete," previously were part of any typical employment and/or compensation agreement between companies and their executives. While most executives may not know the exact legality of non-competition agreements,...