Publications
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10.13.2022The District of Columbia Implements a Modified Ban on Non-Compete ProvisionsUpdatesAfter more than a year of delays and revisions, the long awaited Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (the Act) took effect beginning October 1, 2022, following the passage of the Non-Compete Clarification Amendment Act of 2022.
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05.31.2022Supreme Court Holds That Prejudice Is Not Part of an Arbitration Waiver Analysis Under the FAAUpdatesThe U.S. Supreme Court, in a May 23 decision, ruled that the federal policy favoring arbitration does not authorize federal courts to impose a prejudice requirement when evaluating whether a party has waived its right to arbitration by litigating in court.
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04.07.2022Supreme Court Limits Federal Courts’ Jurisdiction to Enforce Arbitration AwardsUpdatesThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts cannot enforce or vacate arbitration awards under Sections 9 and 10 of the Federal Arbitration Act.
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03.31.2022Washington, D.C., Ban on Non-Competes Postponed Until October 2022UpdatesMayor Muriel Bowser signed the District of Columbia’s Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (D.C. Act 23-563) (the Act) on January 11, 2021.
Perkins on Privacy
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Supreme Court Limits Federal Courts’ Jurisdiction to Enforce Arbitration Awards
A new U.S. Supreme Court decision holds that federal courts cannot enforce or vacate arbitration awards under Sections 9 and 10 of the Federal Arbitration Act unless they have an independent jurisdictional basis to consider the case. Previously, many federal courts would “look through” an arbitration enforcement action to the subject of the underlying dispute... Continue Reading…