On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission issued its final rule banning non-compete agreements nationwide, with the aim of “protecting the fundamental freedom of workers to change jobs, increasing innovation, and fostering new business formation.”
The fall of non-competes removes one of the more effective tools businesses have to protect their trade secrets by stopping employees from taking confidential information straight to a competitor. How, then, should companies with intellectual property to protect respond?
First, Sit Tight
This legislation has yet to be tested in …
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