As expected, the Massachusetts Senate last night passed comprehensive legislation on non-competition agreements that imposes significantly more stringent requirements and limitations on noncompetes than is present in the legislation passed by the House two weeks ago (which already would significantly alter current law). The bill passed by the full Senate differs only slightly from the the proposal advanced by the Rules Committee earlier this week and described in this post. … More
Monthly Archives: July 2016
MA Senate’s Proposed Noncompete Bill is MUCH More Stringent Than House Bill
The Massachusetts Senate’s Committee on Rules is advancing legislation on noncompetes that differs markedly from the bill passed by the House and described here last week. (Thank you to Brad MacDougall of AIM for bringing this to my attention.) The bill, S.2418, is structured similarly to the House bill, but has the following significant differences:
- Noncompetes generally would be limited to 3 months in duration,…