Steven R. London and Nicholas A. Stawasz, partners in Pepper Hamilton's Corporate and Securities Practice Group, will be speaking at North Shore InnoVentures' InnoVentures U event on the topic "The Dos and Don'ts of the New Mass. Non-Compete Law."
The new non-compete law went into effect on October 1, 2018. And that means that your existing and all new non-compete agreements are going to have to change. The new law, which applies to both employees and independent contractors, generally bans employment-related non-compete agreements in Massachusetts unless they meet certain statutory requirements. Whether you were for or against non-competes, they are a reality of your business and you need to be sure that you’re in compliance.