Employers can expect a number of employment law changes under Donald Trump’s second term. While certainly difficult to predict, below is a guide to key anticipated changes, including leadership changes at federal agencies,...more
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Additional Important Updates on the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban August.21.2024 The Rule is Blocked Nationwide: On August 20, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC v. FTC, granted...more
The Rule is Blocked Nationwide: On August 20, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC v. FTC, granted Plaintiff-Intervenors’ motion for summary judgment, holding that the FTC’s...more
Decision in ATS Tree Services: On July 23, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in ATS Tree Services v. FTC denied the plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction seeking a nationwide...more
Additional Important Updates on the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Decision in Ryan LLC: On July 3, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC v. FTC, issued a preliminary injunction staying the effective...more
In a novel and sweeping act of substantive rulemaking, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) determined that non-compete agreements between employers and workers constitute an “unfair method of competition” prohibited under...more
On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy”, which encouraged the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) to “exercise the FTC’s statutory rulemaking authority...more