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In Latifi v The TDL Group Corp., 2025 BCCA 45, (Latifi) the BC Court of Appeal upheld the summary dismissal of a proposed class action against the Tim Hortons franchisor in Canada. The underlying dispute between the...more
“Magic words,” “TRAPs,” and the federal non-compete ban rising from the dead? October had several spooky developments in restrictive covenant law, but no need to be frightened! We’ve got you covered with updates, insights,...more
On October 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appealed to the Fifth Circuit a Texas federal court’s decision to strike down the FTC’s nationwide noncompete ban. This comes hot on the heels of the FTC’s September 24,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The federal district court for the Northern District of Texas has issued an order in the Ryan case staying the effective date on a nationwide basis the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Rules banning...more
The Northern District of Texas’s nationwide ban on the Federal Trade Commission’s noncompete rule isn’t a complete bar to government enforcement. The rule sought to curb unfair methods of competition and would have voided...more
In this special 150th podcast episode, Michael Schmidt is joined by his Cozen O'Connor colleagues David Barron and Jim Gale to discuss what is left of the FTC noncompete rule, if anything, and what employers should be doing...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) efforts to ban non-compete agreements was significantly curtailed when a federal judge in Texas, on August 20, 2024, issued a nationwide injunction, finding the FTC’s ban on non-compete...more
The structure of employment contracts is undergoing a seismic shift with the recent move by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban non-compete clauses. This landmark decision has the potential to reshape how businesses...more
In a recent legal dispute, Mahram v. The Kroger Co., a California Court of Appeal delivered a decision that may have implications for employment arbitration agreements. Although the case at hand involved a consumer...more
On August 20, 2024, a federal court in the Northern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction blocking a final rule issued earlier this year by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). This final rule would have put an...more
The ability of employers to legally enforce noncompetition restrictions received a big win last week when a federal court in Texas set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Final Rule seeking to ban noncompete clauses...more
On April 23, the FTC promulgated its final rule banning noncompetes nationwide. Originally published in Law360 - May 23, 2024....more
A Texas federal district court held on Aug. 20, 2024, that the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning most employer-employee non-compete agreements is unlawful. This decision — unlike earlier preliminary decisions — orders...more
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 FTC’s noncompete ban (16 C.F.R. § 910-1.6) is no more, at least for the time being. On Aug. 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Hon. Ada Brown, U.S.D.J.), in Ryan, LLC v. Federal...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
Judge Ada Brown of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an order on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, ruling that the FTC Rule establishing a noncompete ban (“the Rule”) is arbitrary and capricious, and...more
On August 20, 2024, the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission issued an order blocking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule banning all post-employment noncompete...more
On August 20, 2024, a judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered an order prohibiting the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from implementing a new rule that would have prohibited...more
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On Aug. 20, a federal district court in Texas entered a final judgment setting aside the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule, which would have banned most existing and all new non-compete agreements for workers on Sept. 4....more
On August 20, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, granted the plaintiffs’ motions for summary judgment and found the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on...more
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