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• Practical Guidance and Law360 Podcasts Resource Kit
  See this collection of Practical Guidance and select Law360 podcasts that address various issues across relevant Practical Guidance practice areas, including Labor & Employment. 

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• Restrictive Covenants Resource Kit
  See in this resource kit how restrictive covenants, like non-competes, are popular, although occasionally struck down, like this recently proposed consent agreement between the FTC and entities in the glass industry. See 88 Fed. Reg. 2,618 (Jan. 17, 2023).

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