Abstract
The Uniform Restrictive Employment Agreement Act (UREAA) is the culmination of work by the appointed committee representing the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Since its adoption in 2021 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, UREAA has been introduced as legislation in five states, while other state legislatures (and federal regulators) continue to propose novel ways of regulating restrictive covenants generally, and particularly noncompete agreements. As of August 2023, this year alone, eighty-four bills regulating noncompetes were pending in thirty-three states, with another five pending in Congress. UREAA is one piece of the noncompete puzzle that continues to keep practitioners and in-house counsel on their toes. This Article discusses UREAA’s reach and its overlap with the FTC’s actions, a Massachusetts state law that is closer to getting it right, and recommendations for moving forward.
Recommended Citation
Beck, Russell and Tishler, Sarah C. C.
(2024)
"The Uniform Restrictive Employment Agreement Act: How UREAA Offered an Alternative to Recent State and Federal Regulation of Restrictive Covenants, and Where to Go from Here,"
University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy: Vol. 34:
Iss.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/jlpp/vol34/iss2/3