On August 20, 2024, United States Court District Judge Ada Brown ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) lacked the authority to promulgate and enforce its Non-Compete Clause Rule (the “FTC Noncompete Ban”). The...more
On July 3, 2024, federal district court Judge Ada Brown (N.D. Texas) issued an order enjoining the FTC from implementing its Final Rule on Non-Competes (“Final Rule”), but limited the injunctive relief to only those parties...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the agency that enforces federal antitrust statutes, issued a proposed rule that, if enacted, would ban all employee non-compete clauses (the “FTC Rule”). The FTC...more