Debra Fischer is a partner at Morgan Lewis in their Los Angeles office. She has practiced employment law and unfair competition/trade secret litigation for over 30 years, successfully trying cases in both California state and federal courts as well as in arbitration. Debra regularly counsels employers in all aspects of employment law compliance, risk avoidance, and crisis management. She is regularly called upon to give advice on trade secret and unfair competition issues that arise when employees change employment and handles the litigation that often ensues from such departures.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed Senate Bill (SB) 699, which fortifies California’s restrictions on noncompete agreements as well as other restrictive covenants and provides additional protections for employees. California has a well-established public policy in favor of (...)
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) on January 5, 2023, that would ban employers from entering into and maintaining noncompete clauses with their workers. With this potential ability for workers to change jobs more freely, employers will become (...)
