HR Briefing - July 2026

Welcome to our briefing for HR teams and in-house employment counsel – bringing you this month’s employment law highlights in an easy-to-read package.

In this edition we're going to focus on three recent cases looking at different aspects of post-termination restrictions, or PTRs. PTRs are typically grouped into non-competes (that prevent working for a competitor), non-solicits (that prevent active targeting of former clients or customers), non-deals (that prevent dealing with a former client or customer whether targeted or not), and non-poaches (that prevent targeting former colleagues). As readers will no doubt already know, all PTRs need to be viewed through the lens of the restraint of trade doctrine, a long-standing common law rule that prohibits any restriction on a person's ability to ply their trade unless the restriction is reasonable to protect a legitimate business interest. The interests the courts usually accept are protecting confidential information and protecting