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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") voted on April 23, 2024, 3-2 along party lines, to approve a final rule banning non-compete clauses for all workers, with limited exceptions (the "Rule").

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") approved a final rule banning non-compete clauses for all workers across the country...

On November 17, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill S3539/A4167 (the "Five Percent Retainage Bill"), which amended certain sections of New York's General Business Law...

The meteoric rise of AI has brought upon new legal issues especially in the copyright space. Currently, the following ongoing litigations are at the forefront of the intersection of AI...

Love is in the air, but not for non-compete agreements in California where important updates to California's law barring non-compete provisions in employment...

While artificial intelligence ("AI") as we know it today has only been mainstream for several years due to the rapid advancement of generative AI platforms like ChatGPT, AI's warp speed development and low barrier to entry.

AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok are quickly becoming an everyday tool – much in the way that "googling" something has become an integral part of daily life.

On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") published a final rule that aims to guide employers in determining whether a worker is an employee...

The new year is almost upon us. While business owners are focused on finishing out 2024, they must also prepare for changes to various employment laws that will take effect on January 1, 2025.

Consumers have seen a recent and vexing trend of additional credit card charges at restaurants and stores. And, business owners are understandably confused...

Tennessee has enacted its first comprehensive non-compete law outside healthcare, establishing a $70,000 salary threshold below which such agreements are prohibited and creating a presumption of reasonableness for agreements lasting two years or less. How will this middle-ground approach affect employers' ability to protect their business interests while providing greater predictability in enforcement?

The new year's ball will be dropping before we know it. As we finish out 2025, New York employers must be "checking their lists"...

Earlier this year, we alerted our clients that new beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA") had taken effect...

In 2018, we last provided an update on the PEACE program in Nassau County.

The recently passed Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) took effect on January 1, 2024. The CTA creates new reporting and disclosure requirements for a broad range of businesses.

Almost nothing bothers property owners more than having to hire a landlord-tenant litigator.

On June 20, 2023, the New York State Legislature passed a bill, which would have banned the creation and enforcement of non-compete clauses in agreements with covered individuals.

For a company that has historically tried to squash new uses of its content, the December OpenAI Sora deal reads as an "if you can't beat them, join them" moment.