Noncompete and No-Poach Agreements in Healthcare: Navigating the Biden Administration's Executive Order, Rapidly Changing State Laws, and Private Litigation
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will guide healthcare counsel on noncompete agreements and other restrictive covenants in healthcare. The panel will discuss the Biden Executive Order (EO) and its implications for the use of noncompete and no-poach agreements in the healthcare industry. The panel will examine agency guidance and state laws as well as private litigation. The panel will also offer best practices for navigating noncompete and no-poach agreements in healthcare.
Outline
- Restrictive covenants in healthcare
- Biden EO and the impact on healthcare
- Agency guidance
- State laws
- Private litigation
- Best practices for noncompete and no-poach agreements in healthcare
Benefits
The panel will review these and other issues:
- What does the recent Biden EO mean for the healthcare industry and the use of noncompete agreements, and how did the Supreme Court's recent decision in West Virginia v. EPA affect the FTC's ability to take action?
- How are state laws changing generally and as they apply in the healthcare industry?
- How can the healthcare industry properly implement restrictive covenants while complying with rapidly changing state laws?
Faculty
M. Carter DeLorme
Member
Epstein Becker & Green
For more than 25 years Mr. DeLorme has defended companies in labor and employment law matters, consistently crafting... | Read More
For more than 25 years Mr. DeLorme has defended companies in labor and employment law matters, consistently crafting innovative solutions advancing clients’ business objectives. He represents clients in matters involving equal employment opportunity, wage and hour, trade secret, and restrictive covenant claims before federal and state courts and administrative agencies. Mr. DeLorme has also tried important contract interpretation and employee discipline arbitrations. In addition, he has extensive experience, particularly with healthcare providers, in supporting management efforts to remain union-free, respond effectively to corporate campaigns, and engage in collective bargaining with various national and international unions.
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Katherine G. Rigby
Member
Epstein Becker & Green
Ms. Rigby has devoted her entire legal career to representing employers in life sciences, technology, hospitality, and... | Read More
Ms. Rigby has devoted her entire legal career to representing employers in life sciences, technology, hospitality, and other industries in a broad spectrum of employment issues and disputes. She understands the unique challenges life sciences companies face with respect to talent acquisition and retention, protection of confidential information, incentive compensation structures, and performance management, among other issues. Ms. Rigby helps clients ensure compliance with federal and state employment laws. Clients seek her practical counseling on all areas of human resources, including discipline and termination, hiring, reductions in force, EEO complaints, accommodation of disabilities and leaves of absence, wage and hour issues, employment agreements, restrictive covenants, handbooks, and policies. Ms. Rigby regularly litigates employment and wage and hour claims before state and federal courts and agencies.
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Erik W. Weibust
Member
Epstein Becker & Green
Mr. Weibust represents clients in commercial litigation matters, including franchise, distribution, and real estate... | Read More
Mr. Weibust represents clients in commercial litigation matters, including franchise, distribution, and real estate disputes, to name a few. He has substantial case management experience from the early stages of litigation through the appeals process, including investigations, discovery, mediation, and trial and arbitration, as well as litigation avoidance.
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