January 16, 2023
Non-Compete Ban Will Lead to Litigation Explosion
Non-compete lawyers have been known to whisper darkly about how their practices would be impacted if non-competes were ever to be outlawed. Now that the FTC is...
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January 16, 2023
Non-compete lawyers have been known to whisper darkly about how their practices would be impacted if non-competes were ever to be outlawed. Now that the FTC is...
read moreJanuary 12, 2023
Will the FTC really ban non-compete agreements? Maybe, maybe not. Under the leadership of pro-labor firebrand Lina Khan, the FTC has taken steps towards ...
read moreJanuary 10, 2023
The federal government—specifically, the FTC—wants to ban non-complete agreements. There’s a lot wrong with the idea. For starters, it's not clear ...
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Corporations have themselves to blame. The federal government took steps this week towards banning employee non-compete agreements. Not merely reining in...
read moreApril 25, 2022
I am pleased to announce that the Michigan Business Law Journal has published my article, "Pleading and Proving a Trade Secret Case." I write in the article: ...
read moreJuly 14, 2021
The Biden administration has ordered the Federal Trade Commission to crack down on the “unfair use of non-compete clauses and other clauses or agreements tha...
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Here's an interesting IP case for all you indoor cycling fanatics. Mad Dogg Athletics, a seller of stationary bikes and other products and training, registere...
read moreFebruary 13, 2021
You’d like to find a new job, but there’s a not-so-small hitch: You signed a non-compete agreement. It says you can’t work for another company in the sam...
read moreFebruary 08, 2021
Important changes to intellectual property law were enacted into law as part of a bipartisan spending and coronavirus relief bill as 2020 drew to a close. Th...
read moreJanuary 18, 2021
A nondisclosure agreement (NDA) is an important tool for business. An NDA is essentially a contract that prohibits one person from disclosing the confidentia...
read moreMaxwell Goss represents plaintiffs and defendants in all stages of federal and state court litigation and provides strategic advice on intellectual property and business law matters.