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Ongoing Federal Challenges to Non-Compete Covenants Pose Minimal Impact on Colorado Employment

Co-Author:  Britney Beall-Eder  In early 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unveiled a groundbreaking proposal to ban most traditional non-compete clauses in employment contracts across the United States. This initiative was part of a broader strategy to enhance economic mobility by removing barriers that inhibit workers from pursuing new employment opportunities, thereby promoting competition, innovation, … Continue Reading

Changes to Colorado’s Non-Compete Covenant Statute

Following Passage of the Restrictive Employments Agreement Act Last year, the Colorado legislature significantly revamped the state’s noncompetition and restrictive covenants statute.  On August 10, 2022, the Restrictive Employments Agreement Act (the “Act”) became effective, implementing substantial changes to § 8-2-113, C.R.S., which statute encompasses Colorado’s restrictive covenant prohibitions.  The Act has broad sweeping changes … Continue Reading

Employee May Be Stuck With Non-Compete

  It’s a concrete case. A former employee may be stuck with an agreement that he had signed while working for his former employer, restricting his right to later go to work for a competitor. In a recent case, Lucht’s Concrete Pumping, Inc. v. Horner,(E1) the Colorado Supreme Court decided whether an employer’s continuation of … Continue Reading

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