Natalie Gagarkina

Natalie Gagarkina

July 03, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Post-Employment Non-Competes May Soon Be Prohibited in New York

In the wake of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) proposed nationwide ban on the use of non-compete agreements, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board's memorandum declaring most non-competes to be in violation of federal labor law, and other states recently enacting measures that ban or limit the use of non-competes, the New York legislature officially joined the fray by proposing its own ban on employee non-compete agreements. This article takes a closer look at the potential impact.

By Brian S. Kaplan, Evan D. Parness and Natalie Gagarkina

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