One of the top stories on Employment Law This Week – Epstein Becker Green’s new video program – is the Fifth Circuit’s ruling that a Texas bank cannot enforce non-compete agreements signed by four former employees based in Oklahoma, where courts do not recognize the pacts, because the agreements would violate Oklahoma's strong public policy favoring worker mobility. The fundamental law of the state trumped the choice of law.
See below to view the episode or read more about this important decision in an earlier post on this blog.
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Recent Updates
- New York State Proposes Bill to Ban Noncompetes Except for Highly Compensated Workers and in Sales of Businesses
- Texas Joins List of Legislatures Seeking to Ban Noncompete Agreements
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