Fairly Competing

Fairly Competing

Russell Beck, Ben Fink & John Marsh

Episodes 10
Avg. Duration 45m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (6)
Since Dec 2022
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Quarterly
Hosting
fairlycompeting.com

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About This Podcast

A show providing in-depth analysis of trade secret law and the law of noncompetes and other restrictive covenants for a broad audience. Whether you’re a business owner, CEO, in-house counsel, HR executive, or other employee, or a new lawyer or advanced practitioner, join your hosts, Ben Fink, John Marsh, and Russell Beck, for a discussion of the latest trends and hot topics, evolving federal and state laws, key developments, and other emerging issues in trade secrets, noncompetes, and employee mobility in today’s knowledge economy.

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Recent Episodes

Trade Secrets & Restrictive Covenants: 2025 Recap, 2026 Outlook (Fairly Competing, Episode 28)

Dec 29, 2025 1h 6m

In this episode of the Fairly Competing podcast, recorded on December 19, 2025, John, Ben, and Russell take a look back on some of the significant developments in trade secret and restrictive…

Trade Secrets & Restrictive Covenants: 2024 Recap, 2025 Outlook (Fairly Competing, Episode 27)

Jan 18, 2025 52m

In this episode, recorded on January 3, 2025, John, Ben, and Russell take a look back on some of the more significant developments in trade secret and restrictive covenant law in 2024, and try to…

Litigation Funding with Guest, Stephanie Southwick (Fairly Competing, Episode 26)

Oct 20, 2024 47m

Trade secret litigation is expensive. But oftentimes trade secret owners do not have the resources to pay for litigation necessary to protect their rights. Enter: litigation funding.…

FTC’s noncompete ban is no more. Now what?

Aug 24, 2024 44m

On April 23, 2024, the FTC adopted a rule to ban virtually all employee noncompetes. The rule was scheduled to go into effect on September 4, 2024. But 15 days before – on August 20, 2024 – the…

FTC to ban noncompetes: What you need to know

May 11, 2024 50m

On April 23, 2024, the FTC adopted a rule that bans virtually all employee noncompetes. The rule is scheduled to go into effect on September 4, 2024. If that happens, how will companies protect their…

Preparing for California’s newly expanded noncompete ban and anti-restrictive covenant laws (Episode 23)

Dec 26, 2023 44m

On January 1, 2024, California will officially begin exporting its ban on noncompetes, nonsolicits, broad confidentiality agreements, and likely no-recruits to the rest of the country — whether the…

Time to Amend the DTSA

May 01, 2023 32m

In 2016, Congress passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (the “DTSA”). The vote was unanimous in the Senate and 410:2 in the House. President Obama signed it on May 11, 2016. Codified at 18 U.S.C. §…

Guest Starr Discusses The Research Behind the FTC’s Proposed Noncompete Ban (Fairly Competing, Episode 21)

Feb 04, 2023 1h 10m

The FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements (and other “de facto” noncompetes) relies in large part of the research of University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business Professor Evan…

Exploring the FTC’s Proposed Ban on Noncompetes (Fairly Competing, Episode 20)

Jan 12, 2023 50m

The FTC just proposed a ban on noncompetes with virtually no exceptions. And, they have placed nondisclosure agreements and other restrictive covenants squarely in the crosshairs. Join John, Ben,…

2022 Year In Review (Fairly Competing, Episode 19)

Dec 29, 2022 30m

Happy Holidays! Join John, Ben, and Russell as they take a look back on some of the more significant developments in trade secret and restrictive covenant law from the past year and what to be…

Catching up with AIPLA Presidents and Executive Director about Trade Secrets (Fairly Competing, Episode 18)

Nov 04, 2022 34m

For the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s 125th Anniversary, John and Russell (both former chairs of the AIPLA Trade Secret Law Committee) and Ben (the current chair) went on the road…

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Fairly Competing has published 10 episodes since December 2022, covering topics in Business, Education.

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Fairly Competing is currently highly active with new episodes quarterly. Average episode length is 45m.

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