Program Details
2026-11-06 14:30:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-11-06 14:30:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm ESTThis session maps what employers can still enforce after the FTC and the state ban wave: case-by-case federal enforcement, outright prohibitions, income thresholds, notice and consideration requirements, and the penalty statutes that turn an unenforceable clause into employer liability. It draws lessons from Illinois, where the Freedom to Work Act amendments reshaped form agreements, and examines what courts in reform states are actually enforcing. Attendees will work through the industry flashpoints in financial services (FINRA arbitration, the Broker Protocol, and client non-solicits), healthcare clinician restrictions, and technology talent; counseling the new employer that hires from a competitor on onboarding, certifications, and team lift-outs to avoid raiding, misappropriation, and tortious-interference claims; and the multistate and remote workforce, where choice-of-law and forum-selection clauses are under attack and the question is which state’s law governs when the employee, employer, and customers are in different places.
Brian E. Spang 3:40 pm - 4:40 pm ESTThis session moves beyond the noncompete to the tools that still work and where: customer and employee non-solicits, confidentiality covenants, garden leave, notice periods, and forfeiture-for-competition. It treats trade secrets as the enforcement backbone, covering how to build the DTSA/UTSA case, the reasonable-measures evidence, and why the protection program must exist before the departure. Attendees will leave with the departure playbook, from preservation and forensic review of devices and cloud accounts to exit interviews and certifications and the demand letter that sets up the case, and with a working command of TRO and preliminary-injunction practice in covenant and trade-secret cases: what judges want to see, what loses, and the bond and fee-shifting exposure.
Varant YegparianVarant Yegparian is the Founding Partner of Yegparian PLLC, an Austin, Texas trial boutique that represents companies and individuals in complex commercial, technology, and construction disputes. A trial lawyer with nearly two decades of courtroom experience at AmLaw 100 firms and Chambers-ranked litigation boutiques, Mr. Yegparian has taken more than ten commercial matters to verdict or final award and has handled more than twenty disputes with over $5 million at stake. His practice centers on technology disputes — trade secret theft, software and systems failures, and founder and partnership fights — alongside large-scale construction litigation, and he builds every case from the first day as though it will be tried. He litigates in all four federal districts in Texas, the Texas state trial courts, and the Texas courts of appeals.
Brian E. Spang is a Member of the Firm in the Chicago office of Epstein Becker Green, where he practices in the firm’s Employment, Labor & Workforce Management group and its Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility practice. For 27 years he has represented employers in disputes over trade secret misappropriation, restrictive covenant enforcement, and employee mobility, handling emergency temporary restraining order and injunction proceedings as well as full-merits litigation, and he counsels employers on restrictive covenants, non-solicitation agreements, hiring from competitors, and incentive compensation plans. His clients range from startups to Fortune 50 financial services, insurance, technology, and health care companies, and he describes his approach as finding the shortest path to the best result for employers in complex, high-exposure litigation.
Varant Yegparian is the Founding Partner of Yegparian PLLC, an Austin, Texas trial boutique that represents companies and individuals in complex commercial, technology, and construction disputes. A trial lawyer with nearly two decades of courtroom experience at AmLaw 100 firms and Chambers-ranked litigation boutiques, Mr. Yegparian has taken more than ten commercial matters to verdict or final award and has handled more than twenty disputes with over $5 million at stake. His practice centers on technology disputes — trade secret theft, software and systems failures, and founder and partnership fights — alongside large-scale construction litigation, and he builds every case from the first day as though it will be tried. He litigates in all four federal districts in Texas, the Texas state trial courts, and the Texas courts of appeals.
Brian E. Spang is a Member of the Firm in the Chicago office of Epstein Becker Green, where he practices in the firm’s Employment, Labor & Workforce Management group and its Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility practice. For 27 years he has represented employers in disputes over trade secret misappropriation, restrictive covenant enforcement, and employee mobility, handling emergency temporary restraining order and injunction proceedings as well as full-merits litigation, and he counsels employers on restrictive covenants, non-solicitation agreements, hiring from competitors, and incentive compensation plans. His clients range from startups to Fortune 50 financial services, insurance, technology, and health care companies, and he describes his approach as finding the shortest path to the best result for employers in complex, high-exposure litigation.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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