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non-compete

FTC bans all new non-compete clauses and strikes down most existing agreements

Goodbye, non-competes. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission today released its final rules addressing non-compete clauses by banning all future agreements.… Read More

Former Amazon Web Services data center leader Chris Vonderhaar joins Google Cloud

Chris Vonderhaar, a longtime Amazon Web Services executive who left the company this spring, has joined AWS rival Google Cloud.… Read More

FTC wants to ban non-compete clauses that keep workers from changing jobs, launching startups

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission released a proposal banning existing and future non-compete clauses that can restrict workers from taking… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Tech and the police; Amazon sues former VP; remembering Manny Vellon

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast: As protests over police violence continue across the country,… Read More

Why Amazon can sue a former cloud VP for joining Google despite state’s new non-compete law

Amazon’s attempt to enforce a non-compete agreement with a former marketing executive who took a job at Google caused a… Read More

Amazon settles non-compete lawsuit involving AWS sales exec who joined Google Cloud

Amazon settled a lawsuit involving a former Amazon Web Services sales executive who joined rival Google Cloud last year. Amazon… Read More

Amazon sues former AWS exec for joining rival Google division as cloud wars escalate

Amazon’s pioneering cloud business gave the company an early lead in an emerging and lucrative industry but competition is heating… Read More

Tech leaders sound off on Washington state’s new non-compete restrictions

Washington state’s legislature passed a bill imposing new restrictions on non-compete agreements late last week, which employers use to restrict… Read More

Washington state legislators pass law restricting non-compete agreements

Update May 8: Gov. Inslee signed the non-compete bill into law, raising the bar employers will need to meet to enforce… Read More

Washington state Democrats to push for controversial non-compete legislation again

The Washington state legislature plans to take up one of the tech industry’s most hot-button issues next session: non-compete agreements.… Read More

Biotech company Omeros and former exec battling in court over non-compete deal and bonuses

Omeros, one of Seattle’s biggest biotech companies, is in the midst of a contentious legal battle with its former chief… Read More

Tech workforce expert dives deep on non-compete contracts, offering 4 policy recommendations in new report

The non-compete agreement is a lightning rod in the tech industry, with proponents claiming they are necessary to protect valuable… Read More

Effort to kill non-competes in Washington state fails again, leaving controversial contracts intact

Washington lawmakers’ efforts to crack down on non-compete agreements died in the state legislature this week. Two bills that would… Read More

Employment lawyers puzzled over IBM’s non-compete suit against Microsoft’s new diversity chief

IBM’s decision to sue a longtime human resources executive for taking a new job at Microsoft is raising questions among… Read More

Amazon drops contentious non-compete lawsuit against former AWS exec who left for new job at Smartsheet

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a statement from Amazon. The former executive at Amazon Web Services who… Read More

State Capitol

Scaled-back bill aimed at providing clarity on non-compete deals passes Washington House 97-0

A trimmed-back bill to change what is allowed in non-compete agreements passed the Washington House 97-0 Wednesday. It now goes… Read More

Calling for reform, Obama administration says there is ‘gross overuse of non-compete clauses’

The Obama administration is continuing its crusade against “misused” non-compete agreements. The White House issued a call to action Tuesday,… Read More

White House says non-compete agreements stifle innovation, calls for reform

Non-compete agreements are a lightning rod in the tech industry, with critics saying they stifle startups, and advocates saying they can be… Read More

Guest Commentary: Why we’re saying goodbye to nasty non-compete clauses

Garmentory has eliminated non-compete clauses from employment agreements and we’re appealing to other Seattle companies to do the same. (Sorry… Read More

If non-competes help innovation, why does the state that bans them kick everyone else’s ass?

Commentary: Washington state legislator Derek Stanford (D-Bothell) just introduced a bill that would eliminate the enforceability of non-compete agreements in Washington… Read More

Cracking down on non-compete deals: Bill would change Wash. state law to mirror Calif. approach

New legislation introduced in the Washington State House of Representatives would make it much tougher for employers in the state to… Read More

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