Non-competes and related restrictive covenants are facing unprecedented legal, regulatory and practical pressure. On October 6, Vedder Shareholder S. Preston Ricardo will speak about that pressure and how best to navigate it as part of WIPR Trade Secrets East 2026. This forum is dedicated to helping organizations protect their most valuable intellectual assets in an era of unprecedented technological change.
Preston will join in-house counsel panelists for the session, "Restrictive Covenants Under Pressure: Non-Competes, Talent Mobility, and What Still Works," where the panel will explore:
- Key developments at the FTC, along with major state-level updates in Wyoming, Florida, Kansas and California.
- Best practices for drafting and implementing non-competes, non-solicitation agreements, confidentiality provisions, garden leave arrangements and other post-employment restrictions across different employee groups.
- Emerging challenges related to enforceability, overbreadth, remote work, choice-of-law issues and workforce mobility.
- Recent court decisions and their impact on drafting strategies, enforcement efforts and restrictive covenant litigation.
For more information on WIPR Trade Secrets 2026, view the event website.
