Professor Lorenzo Luisetto’s scholarship has been published in the Ohio State Business Law Journal. In “Shaping Corporate Behavior: Evidence from the No‑Poach Initiative,” Professor Luisetto empirically examines the effects of the State of Washington Attorney General’s unprecedented “No‑Poach Initiative,” launched in January 2018. As part of that initiative, 237 franchisors agreed to remove no-poaching clauses (i.e., provisions in franchise contracts that prohibit franchisees from hiring each other’s employees) nationwide.

Professor Luisetto’s analysis shows that state‑led enforcement can have far‑reaching, nationwide consequences for corporate behavior. His findings illustrate how enforcement actions targeting contractual practices can function as powerful regulatory tools in the labor market, shaping firms’ conduct even in the absence of federal intervention.