Litigation over noncompete clauses is highly active in New Jersey and some attorneys say employers are increasingly requiring such agreements for low- and mid-level workers. But there are signs that more lawmakers and regulators at both the state and federal level are looking to clamp down on the use of noncompetes in certain circumstances.

Efforts to regulate noncompete clauses have met with mixed results across the country, with Hawaii and Utah recently passing laws restricting the use of noncompetes and a measure in Massachusetts currently being debated by business leaders.

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