In recent years, several states have enacted statutes banning or significantly limiting an employer's ability to require an employee to enter into a covenant not to compete. Partner David Schwartz and counsel Emily Safko discuss how New York's proposed legislation would ban covenants not to compete other than those pertaining to highly compensated individuals and require that an employer continue paying the former employee's salary during any period of enforcement.
New York Restrictive Covenant Update
New York Law Journal