Following the recent 4th IFSEA International Conference on Risk, Reward and Reputation Management Issues for Senior Executives & Founders, we are delighted to share with you a follow up podcast on the breakout session, 'Business Protection: The Top 5 Things you Need to Know Right Now on Restrictive Covenants and Confidential Information'.

In this lively and insightful discussion between the IFSEA annual conference panellists, this brilliant panel explore developments and practical issues on restrictive covenants in their jurisdictions:

Mark Risk, Mark Risk P.C, USA, New York
Jennifer Millins, Mishcon de Reya, UK
Jeffrey E. Goodman, Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP, Canada 
Inge Derde, Van Eeckhoutte, Taquet & Clesse, Belgium

In particular, the panel discuss:

• The origins of post-termination restrictions in different jurisdictions: are they developed through common law or statute and where does the burden of proof lie to enforce them? 
• To what extent will the courts enforce post-termination restrictions, how far do the restrictions go to offer protection for businesses and what are the tests for enforceability across the relevant jurisdictions? 
• The suitability and application of garden leave as an alternative to restrictive covenants.  
• What does the future hold in this area, from proposed legislation to the imposition of new regulations and are we seeing a decline in post-termination restrictions?

What You Need to Know Right Now on Restrictive Covenants and Confidential Information

In this short podcast, Chair Mark Risk (Mark Risk PC, New York) and Panellists Amit Bindra (The Prinz Law Firm, Chicago), Omar Molina Garcia (Augusta Abogados, Spain), and Jane Amphlett (Howard Kennedy LLP, UK) discuss briefly some of the issues that they will be analysing in their panel session at the 5th IFSEA Conference on Risk, Reward and Reputation Management for Senior Executives & Founders, on 25 June 2024 in London, including:  

•	The latest key developments to the law governing restrictive covenants, including the FTC ban on non-compete clauses in most US employment contracts, affecting millions of workers, and the pending lawsuits which seek to prevent the FTC ban being implemented
 
•	How the enforceability of restrictive covenants in employment and incentive schemes in the UK, Spain and the US could potentially be affected by the recent developments to the law in this area
 
•	Other key themes that the panel will cover at the forthcoming IFSEA Conference 2024

Restrictive Covenants Around the World: Podcast preview of IFSEA Conference 2024 panel

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New tracks tagged #restrictive covenants