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The federal government—specifically, the FTC—wants to ban non-compete agreements.There’s a lot wrong with the idea.

Corporations have themselves to blame. The federal government took steps this week towards banning employee non-compete agreements.

I am pleased to announce that the Michigan Business Law Journal has published my article, “Pleading and Proving a Trade Secret Case.”

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 that may unfairly limit worker mobility.”

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, registered the word SPINNING as a trademark for fitness facilities.

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 same line of business in the same geographic area for six months, a year, maybe longer.