Washington, D.C., Poised to Ban Most Non-Compete Agreements
“Non-compete agreements may all but disappear from the Washington, D.C. employment landscape in 2021,” discuss Garen E. Dodge, Nathaniel M. Glasser, Brian W. Steinbach, Maxine Adams & Eric Emanuelson in Epstein Becker Green’s Non-Compete Agreements.
“On December 15, 2020, the District of Columbia Council voted 12-0 to approve the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (B23-0494) (the ‘Bill’), which would prohibit the use and enforcement of non-compete agreements for all employees except certain highly paid physicians. If enacted into law, Washington, D.C. will have adopted a much stricter policy than several other states that have recently restricted the use of non-compete agreements—including its neighbors Maryland and Virginia. The Bill is currently awaiting approval by the Mayor before, absent a veto, it is sent to Congress for the required 30-days of session Congressional review period.
