Goodbye, non-competes. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission today released its final rules addressing non-compete clauses by banning all future agreements. Non-competes have traditionally restricted workers from taking jobs with a… Read More
Chris Vonderhaar, a longtime Amazon Web Services executive who left the company this spring, has joined AWS rival Google Cloud. Vonderhaar started at Google Cloud this week with the title… Read More
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission released a proposal banning existing and future non-compete clauses that can restrict workers from taking jobs with a competitor or starting a competing business. Supporters… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast: As protests over police violence continue across the country, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft all announce they won’t sell their… Read More
Amazon’s attempt to enforce a non-compete agreement with a former marketing executive who took a job at Google caused a splash this week in the tech industry, where the restrictive… Read More
Amazon settled a lawsuit involving a former Amazon Web Services sales executive who joined rival Google Cloud last year. Amazon sued Philip Moyer in July after he left the company… Read More
Amazon’s pioneering cloud business gave the company an early lead in an emerging and lucrative industry but competition is heating up between Amazon Web Services and newer entrants, like Microsoft… Read More
Washington state’s legislature passed a bill imposing new restrictions on non-compete agreements late last week, which employers use to restrict workers with sensitive business information from taking jobs with similar… Read More
Update May 8: Gov. Inslee signed the non-compete bill into law, raising the bar employers will need to meet to enforce the controversial covenants. A bill imposing new restrictions on non-compete… Read More
The Washington state legislature plans to take up one of the tech industry’s most hot-button issues next session: non-compete agreements. The contracts temporarily prevent workers from taking jobs with employers’… Read More
Omeros, one of Seattle’s biggest biotech companies, is in the midst of a contentious legal battle with its former chief business and commercial officer, whom the company alleges violated his… Read More
The non-compete agreement is a lightning rod in the tech industry, with proponents claiming they are necessary to protect valuable trade secrets and critics arguing they hinder worker mobility and… Read More
Washington lawmakers’ efforts to crack down on non-compete agreements died in the state legislature this week. Two bills that would have made it nearly impossible to enforce the controversial contracts,… Read More
IBM’s decision to sue a longtime human resources executive for taking a new job at Microsoft is raising questions among lawyers who specialize in employment agreements and non-compete clauses. Earlier… Read More
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a statement from Amazon. The former executive at Amazon Web Services who was barred from working at Bellevue, Wash-based Smartsheet is back… Read More
A trimmed-back bill to change what is allowed in non-compete agreements passed the Washington House 97-0 Wednesday. It now goes to the state Senate. House Republicans negotiated changes in the… Read More
The Obama administration is continuing its crusade against “misused” non-compete agreements. The White House issued a call to action Tuesday, asking state legislatures to consider reforms “to reduce the prevalence… Read More
Non-compete agreements are a lightning rod in the tech industry, with critics saying they stifle startups, and advocates saying they can be a useful tool to protect businesses. Now the White House is… Read More
Garmentory has eliminated non-compete clauses from employment agreements and we’re appealing to other Seattle companies to do the same. (Sorry lawyers). The recent controversy around bills in the Washington state… Read More
Commentary: Washington state legislator Derek Stanford (D-Bothell) just introduced a bill that would eliminate the enforceability of non-compete agreements in Washington State. Microsoft will do everything in their power to kill… Read More
New legislation introduced in the Washington State House of Representatives would make it much tougher for employers in the state to use non-competition agreements to limit the ability of employees to… Read More
