On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas issued her much-anticipated final decision in Ryan LLC and Chamber of Commerce et al v. Federal Trade Commission, and set aside the FTC’s...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission issued its long-awaited Final Non-Compete Clause Rule, which operates to ban most post-employment non-compete agreements between employers and their workers. However, the Final...more
As we previously covered, on January 5, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission issued a proposed rule regarding the enforceability of non-compete agreements. The proposed rule followed President Biden’s July 9, 2021, Executive...more
On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order aimed at “Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” Among the dozens of initiatives proposed within the order was a directive to the Chair of the Federal Trade...more
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Unfair Competition
As we discussed last year, on July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy” in which he encouraged the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to “curtail the unfair use...more
As we previously alerted you, on July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” Among other things, the Executive Order addressed the President’s desire for the...more