2016 Year in Review: Trade Secrets and Non-Compete Developments
Practical Law and Epstein Becker Green attorneys will present a free, 75-minute webinar providing insights into recent developments and expected trends in the evolving legal landscape of trade secrets and non-competition agreements on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, at 1 p.m. EST. This webinar will focus on how to navigate this developing area and effectively protect client relationships and proprietary information.
Epstein Becker lawyers Peter A. Steinmeyer, Robert D. Goldstein and Anthony J. Laura will be presenters.m The moderator will be Barbara J. Harris, Senior Legal Editor, Practical Law Labor & Employment.
Topics will include:
- The Defend Trade Secrets (DTSA), including the new federal remedies available to employers and the steps they need to take to fully benefit from them.
- Newly passed state statutes addressing restrictive covenants, including who can enter into them, industry restrictions, and temporal restrictions.
- Recent decisions regarding what constitutes adequate consideration for a non-compete.
- Interesting developments determining choice of law issues, including a new California statute restricting choice of law provisions.
- Administrative agency developments, including agency enforcement actions cracking down on non-competes.
A short Q&A session will follow.
