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		<title>Dear Captains of Industry: Where is the Data to Support Your Position on Noncompetes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Boston Post Mortem group officially supports House Bill 1794</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Massachusetts House Bill 1794</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Act to Prohibit Restrictive Employment Covenants A bill entitled &#8220;An Act to Prohibit Restrictive Employment Covenants,&#8221; House Bill Number 1794 (bill text and two-page fact sheet), has been filed on January 12, 2009 (186th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) to prohibit noncompete contracts between employers and employees. The lead sponsors are Representative [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opencompetition.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2279300&amp;post=37&amp;subd=opencompetition&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming public event in Boston about Employee-Non Compete Agreements</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join and/or spread the word to attend this important upcoming event hosted by the Boston Bar Association. Details: Name: A Symposium on Bills Affecting Employee Non-Compete Agreements Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Time: 4:00 PM Description: A Symposium on Bills Affecting Employee Non-Compete Agreements It is argued that employee non-compete agreements have chilled the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opencompetition.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2279300&amp;post=35&amp;subd=opencompetition&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Start-ups stifled by noncompetes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Kirsner at the Boston Globe wrote a great piece on employee non-competes. Highly recommend checking it out.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opencompetition.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2279300&amp;post=31&amp;subd=opencompetition&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EMC vs HP &amp; non-competes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 17:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[StorageMojo has a great post about the problems with non-competes. Check it out here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opencompetition.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2279300&amp;post=29&amp;subd=opencompetition&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spark Capital Backs Brownsberger’s Bill to Ban Non-Competes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Xconomy: Boston’s Spark Capital came out publicly today in favor of Massachusetts House Bill 1794, which would outlaw non-compete agreements in employment contracts in the state. The venture firm has been vocal on the issue for some time—its partners helped found theAlliance for Open Competition and sent Governor Deval Patrick an open letter opposing non-compete [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opencompetition.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2279300&amp;post=26&amp;subd=opencompetition&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Next top: Beacon Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Representative Will Brownsberger of Massachusetts’ 24th Middlesex district, which includes Belmont, north Cambridge, and east Arlington, says he plans to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would abolish non-compete agreements in the Bay State. This is a major milestone.  But we need your help. Spread the word, get involved and contact [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opencompetition.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2279300&amp;post=24&amp;subd=opencompetition&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apple vs IBM and the non-compete clause</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been a critic about employee non-compete clauses. They are not enforceable in California and as result they generally don’t come up in that state. Entrepreneurs and companies are free to innovate as long as they respect confidentiality agreement and non-solicitation agreements. I think that is the exact right model. You never hear tech leaders [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opencompetition.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2279300&amp;post=21&amp;subd=opencompetition&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Please join us at the Berkman Center event to discuss Employee Non Competes</title>
		<link>http://opencompetition.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/please-join-us-at-the-berkman-center-event-to-discuss-employee-non-competes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 17:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employee Non-Compete Agreements: Protecting Innovation or Stifling It? A Discussion Hosted by the Berkman Center and Spark Capital; Sponsored by Gunderson Dettmer and Silicon Valley Bank Thursday, June 19th from 3:00-7:00PM The use of employee non-compete agreements by Massachusetts companies is routine, with employers mandating that employees steer clear of any business of a competitive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opencompetition.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2279300&amp;post=20&amp;subd=opencompetition&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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