Epstein Becker Green
Firm overview:
With more than 20 offices across the US, Epstein Becker Green (EBG) is a prominent, industry-focused firm delivering legal services across healthcare and life sciences, employment, labour and workforce management, and litigation and business disputes. The firm’s breadth and sector depth position it as a trusted adviser on complex, people-centric disputes where business risk and regulatory scrutiny intersect.
EBG’s Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility practice handles the full spectrum of trade secrets and restrictive covenant issues, with clients turning to the team for strategic guidance on high-stakes hiring, departures, and competitive threats. The group is particularly noted for its ability to advise on sensitive employment transitions, with seasoned litigators who understand the commercial and emotional pressures that can accompany critical hiring and termination decisions.
The firm’s litigators regularly appear before federal and state courts nationwide, bringing decades of collective experience to trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and non-compete disputes. EBG complements its contentious strength with robust thought leadership, including its Spilling Secrets podcast series, which explores topics ranging from the use of non-compete agreements in professional sports to the future of the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed non-compete ban—alongside more creative special editions.
Further reinforcing its position as a market leader, the firm maintains a dedicated blog tracking developments in trade secrets and employee mobility law, as well as a comprehensive 50-state Noncompete Survey that incorporates industry-specific nuances, particularly relevant to the healthcare sector.
Team overview:
EBG’s trade secrets bench is widely respected for its depth and influence. A notable achievement for the team includes persuading the New Jersey Supreme Court that physician non-compete agreements were valid, enforceable, and consistent with public policy in a case involving a hospital employer. The decision has since been followed in at least five other states, underscoring the firm’s broader impact on US non-compete jurisprudence.
Erik Weibust is widely regarded as a leading figure in trade secrets and employee mobility litigation. Peers describe him as “extremely experienced and strategic”, with one noting him to be “a tremendous, brilliant lawyer”. Known for his willingness to litigate aggressively when required, Weibust has secured significant victories for clients both in court and at the negotiating table, including broad injunctive relief and multimillion-dollar recoveries in trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and restrictive covenant matters. David Clark is trusted by businesses of all sizes to represent them in complex business and employment disputes before courts and arbitration tribunals. He is particularly valued for his expertise in matters involving the movement of employees and confidential information between competing employers.
Another key member of the practice, Peter Steinmeyer, is a frequent author and speaker on employment and workforce mobility issues.
