Employee Mobility & Restrictive Covenants

Overview

It is critical for businesses to protect their trade secrets, other confidential information, investments in employee training and development, and customer relationships — and for good reason. Increased competition for talent, related employee mobility, changes in applicable laws, and the ever-evolving electronic data landscape place all at risk. Faegre Drinker protects your business’s intangible assets and helps ensure fair competition by drafting and advising on noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and other forms of restrictive covenant agreements, as well as by advising employers with respect to employee hiring, recruitment, and mobility generally. And when the risks accelerate, with time often of the essence, we can swiftly assemble finely tuned teams of attorneys who understand your business to litigate restrictive covenant and unfair competition issues and, depending on the circumstances, seek or defend against immediate injunctive relief.

Insights & Events

Latest

最新 October 2026

Court Denies Fee Award after Dismissal of SpaceXAI's Trade-Secret Claims against OpenAI

SpaceXAI Corp. et al. v. OpenAI, Inc. et al., No. 25-cv-08133-RFL (N.D. Cal. Sept. 30, 2026)
4 min read
最新 September 2026

California Appellate Court Holds Post-Term Noncompete Not Enforceable against Franchisee Following Franchise Transfer

CBD Franchising, Inc. v. One Day Doors & Closets, Inc., No. B342711 (Cal. Ct. App. Aug. 19, 2026)
7 min read
最新 August 2026

Federal Court Addresses Trade-Secret Protection When Startups Pitch to Venture Capital Investors

Neuron Space Corporation v. Blue Cubed, LLC, No. 25-cv-06649-EMC (N.D. Cal. 2026)
4 min read
最新 August 2026

Defendants’ AI Agent’s Actions Expose Them to Sanctions

Capconvert, LLC v. Benjamin Brown, et al., No. 26-cv-02149-CRB (ASK) (N.D. Cal. July 28, 2026)
4 min read
发表文章 July 2026

Noncompete Laws Show States Focusing On Bans, Healthcare

Law360
1 min read
最新 July 2026

Ninth Circuit Clarifies Trade Secret Burden of Proof, Vacates $40M Verdict

Comet Technologies USA, Inc. v. XP Power, LLC, Nos. 23-15601, 23-15709, 25-745 (9th Cir. July 14, 2026)
4 min read
Speaking Engagement Recap June 05, 2025

Employment Law Update

2025 BioNJ HR Conference
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News June 2025

Faegre Drinker Advises St. Ambrose University in Key Milestone toward Combination with Mount Mercy University

2 min read
Speaking Engagement Recap January 09, 2025

Tips and Traps for Supporting Today’s Workforce

2025 Minnesota Hospital Association Winter Trustee Conference
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Press Release May 2024

Faegre Drinker Welcomes Leading Labor and Employment Litigator Joseph O’Keefe as Partner in New York

2 min read
Insights
最新 October 2026

Court Denies Fee Award after Dismissal of SpaceXAI's Trade-Secret Claims against OpenAI

SpaceXAI Corp. et al. v. OpenAI, Inc. et al., No. 25-cv-08133-RFL (N.D. Cal. Sept. 30, 2026)
4 min read
最新 September 2026

California Appellate Court Holds Post-Term Noncompete Not Enforceable against Franchisee Following Franchise Transfer

CBD Franchising, Inc. v. One Day Doors & Closets, Inc., No. B342711 (Cal. Ct. App. Aug. 19, 2026)
7 min read
最新 August 2026

Federal Court Addresses Trade-Secret Protection When Startups Pitch to Venture Capital Investors

Neuron Space Corporation v. Blue Cubed, LLC, No. 25-cv-06649-EMC (N.D. Cal. 2026)
4 min read
最新 August 2026

Defendants’ AI Agent’s Actions Expose Them to Sanctions

Capconvert, LLC v. Benjamin Brown, et al., No. 26-cv-02149-CRB (ASK) (N.D. Cal. July 28, 2026)
4 min read
发表文章 July 2026

Noncompete Laws Show States Focusing On Bans, Healthcare

Law360
1 min read
最新 July 2026

Ninth Circuit Clarifies Trade Secret Burden of Proof, Vacates $40M Verdict

Comet Technologies USA, Inc. v. XP Power, LLC, Nos. 23-15601, 23-15709, 25-745 (9th Cir. July 14, 2026)
4 min read
最新 July 2026

Eighth Circuit Affirms That Inadequate Trade-Secret Identification Can Foreclose Discovery and Claims

Wilbur-Ellis Company v. Gompert, Nos. 25-1577 & 25-1682 (8th Cir. July 7, 2026)
5 min read
媒体报道 July 2026

Erika Collins Speaks With Bloomberg Law About Supreme Court Ruling's Impact on Forced Labor Claims

1 min read
最新 June 2026

Supreme Court Allows Circuit Split to Persist, Leaving Intact Avoided-Cost Damages Theory under Defend Trade Secrets Act

SCOTUS denies certiorari in challenge to a $168 million trade secret judgment.
3 min read
最新 June 2026

Federal Circuit Declines to Impose Heightened Knowledge Requirement for Combination Trade Secrets

Versata Software, LLC v. Ford Motor Company, Nos. 2024-1140, 2024-1206, 2024-1234 (Fed. Cir. 2026)
4 min read

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