A bill recently passed by the Florida House and Senate and poised to become law effective July 1, 2025, will substantially change the noncompete landscape for employers doing business in Florida. If ...

Florida lawmakers recently passed the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act (the “Act”), which would create a presumption that covered ...

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Already one of the most employer-friendly states in the country for the enforcement of restrictive covenant agreements, the CHOICE Act expands upon Florida’s existing statutory scheme to create even ...

“We think that the CHOICE Act is going to be ripe for litigation for some time,” said Justin Beyer, a partner at Saul Ewing. Florida courts soon could see a plethora of challenges to a new state law ...