Last year saw non-compete agreements come under repeated scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission. On April 23, 2024, the FTC issued a final rule banning non-compete agreements in most employment contracts....more
2/17/2025
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On August 20, 2024, the Northern District of Texas in the case of Ryan, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission granted summary judgment to the Plaintiff Ryan, LLC, enjoining the FTC from implementing its rule banning non-compete...more
9/3/2024
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On July 12, 2024, the FTC released several statements and a News Release as its first response to comments collected in response to the March 2023 Franchise Request for Information (RFI). These actions are part of the FTC’s...more
As reported on July 3 by the Polsinelli Labor & Employment practice group alert, by order dated July 3, 2024 the Northern District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction preventing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from...more
As explained in Polsinelli’s prior alert of April 24, 2024, the FTC announced its final rule on non-compete covenants (the “Rule”) on April 23, 2024.
Critically, the Rule does not prohibit non-compete agreements between...more
4/30/2024
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
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Franchisee ,
Franchises ,
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Intellectual Property Protection ,
Labor Reform ,
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Restrictive Covenants
On Friday, March 10, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission issued a Request for Information (“RFI”) soliciting public comments on various issues pertaining to the franchisor-franchisee relationship, including franchisor supply...more
3/20/2023
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