A non-solicitation clause is a provision in a contract generally prohibiting the hiring (or attempting to hire) of one of the other party’s employees or contractors (or trying to poach their customers). It can be thought…
Contracts
Federal Trade Commission Proposes Ban on Most Non-Compete Clauses
By Harbir Deol
Earlier this month, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a proposed regulation that would effectively ban most non-compete agreements between employers and their workers. Specifically, the rule would prohibit employers from:
- entering into or attempting to enter into a non-compete clause with a worker;
- maintaining a non-compete clause with a worker; and
- under certain
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Third Time’s a Charm for EU-US Data Privacy Framework
By Harbir Deol
Following President Biden’s Oct. 7, 2022 Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence, the European Commission concluded on Dec. 13, 2022 in a draft adequacy decision that the data privacy framework under the executive order ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the European Union to the United…
Pay to Play Updates – December 2022
An excerpt of Dentons’ Political Law Playbook. Real Estate Developer Convicted of Making Over $1 Million in Bribes to Former […]
Crypto Platforms in Crisis: Bankruptcy Considerations
By Harbir Deol
The crypto ecosystem is facing a full-blown financial crisis reminiscent of 2008. Numerous crypto companies have failed in the past few months, triggered in part by the collapse in cryptocurrency prices this year following their highs in 2021. These collapses have created a slow-moving contagion – again reminiscent of the 2008 financial crisis.
The collapse…
Crypto Platforms in Crisis: Bankruptcy Considerations
By Harbir Deol
The crypto ecosystem is facing a full-blown financial crisis reminiscent of 2008. Numerous crypto companies have failed in the past few months, triggered in part by the collapse in cryptocurrency prices this year following their highs in 2021. These collapses have created a slow-moving contagion – again reminiscent of the 2008 financial crisis.
The collapse…
Pay to Play Updates – November 2022
An excerpt of Dentons’ Political Law Playbook. New State Law Could Curb Pay to Play Politics in Orange County & […]
Executive Order One Step Closer to EU-US Data Transfers
By Harbir Deol
President Biden signed an Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence on Oct. 7, 2022, which aims to re-establish an EU-U.S. data transfer framework. The new data privacy framework (the “Framework”) will govern how the U.S. intelligence community collects data from citizens of a “qualifying state,” namely the EU and U.K., and…
California expands pay-to-play law
California has recently added a new pay-to-play law to the books, increasing the burden on state and local officials and […]
Trade Alert: Brazil
By Daniel Jin
BRAZIL
The second round of voting in the Brazilian presidential elections took place on 30 October 2022. It has been reported that approximately 118 million Brazilians voted in that round. Former president and left-wing candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated rival Jair Bolsonaro, who had been in office since 2019, marking one of the…