Welcome to our Q1 Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenant Report. As you will note from reading the report, the first quarter of 2024 continues the trend of state legislatures exploring the possibility of new restrictive covenant laws, a couple of significant trials (with wins for the defendants for a change) and a ruling by the Delaware courts that could give companies a new avenue for enforcing restrictive covenants. Yet, the biggest news comes from (not surprisingly) the FTC who announced yesterday that the vote on it's noncompete ban will take place this Tuesday (April 23rd).