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Non-Competition Agreements: Are They Facing Possible Extinction?
Non-Competition Agreements: Are They Facing Possible Extinction?
In May 2014, Tamsin Kaplan and Evgenia Goryshina contributed the article “Non-Competition Agreements: Are They Facing Possible Extinction?” to Corporate LiveWire‘s “Expert Guide: Labor & Employment Law 2014.” In the article, Tamsin and Evgenia discuss a growing trend to statutorily limit non-compete agreements, or to ban them altogether. Read the article in Corporate LiveWire.
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