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In August 2024, a Texas federal court struck down a broad Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that would have banned the vast majority of employee non-competition agreements. ...more
This article provides a brief history of California’s pro-competition law and describes the stalled federal initiative to extend a similar noncompete ban nationally, notwithstanding the overlapping policy interests expressed...more
Last week, Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Todd Young (R-IN) reintroduced the Workforce Mobility Act, which was previously considered by Congress in 2023. The reintroduction of the bi-partisan bill comes against the backdrop...more
The FTC’s noncompete rule, which proposed to ban nearly all noncompetes, was enjoined by a Texas District Court in August 2024. While the FTC has launched a Joint Labor Task Force focused on “rooting out and prosecuting...more
Welcome to our 10th issue of 2024 for our construction industry insights e-newsletter - The Site Report. In this edition, we cover a wide variety of topics of interest for those in the construction industry—from the use of...more
The legal arguments advanced in these court cases mainly concern whether the FTC has the statutory authority to enact such a ban. Shortly before the September 4, 2024 effective date of FTC’s ban on covenants not to compete,...more
This past week, the FTC appealed a Texas federal court’s August ruling that blocked nationwide enforcement of the non-compete ban. The non-compete ban will remain blocked during the pendency of the appeal process. However,...more
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more
The FTC recently appealed a Texas federal court’s decision that blocked its proposed noncompete ban. On October 18, 2024, the agency filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, contesting...more
On Oct. 18, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) expectedly filed a notice of appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ryan LLC et.al. v. Federal Trade Commission. As has been previously reported, Judge Ada M. Brown in...more
A Pennsylvania company has dropped its challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) noncompete ban after a Pennsylvania federal judge denied the company’s bid to block the rule. The dismissal of the Pennsylvania lawsuit...more
There are several legal challenges to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ban on noncompete clauses in employment agreements. There have been multiple lawsuits in varying federal district courts that seek to delay or...more
Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a Final Rule outlawing nearly all noncompete agreements between employers and employees. That Final Rule, however, was overturned at the end of August 2024....more
Welcome to the fall issue of SuperVision, our labor and employment e-newsletter. In this edition, we cover the current status of the FTC’s attempts to ban noncompetes, OSHA’s proposed heat standard, how to handle political...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is appealing a Florida federal court ruling temporarily blocking the FTC’s noncompete ban a month after a Texas federal judge in a separate case blocked the FTC’s ban on a nationwide basis....more
As we previously reported, on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced their final rule banning most “non-competition” agreements. The FTC determined non-competition agreements were an unfair method of...more
In Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) final noncompete rule was held to be “unlawful and set aside” by Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas....more
This week, on our Spilling Secrets podcast series, our panelists delve into the implications for employers following the recent blockage of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) non-compete ban. On August 20, 2024, the U.S....more
On Aug. 20, a new federal court decision from the Northern District of Texas in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission halted enactment of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Rule banning noncompete agreements throughout the...more
A federal court has issued a nationwide injunction blocking enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) new rule that would ban nearly all non-competition (“non-compete”) deals. The rule, issued on April 23, 2024...more
The District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a decision striking down the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning non-compete agreements, which was set to take effect on September 4, 2024....more
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Non-Compete Rule, which was scheduled to become effective on September 4, 2024, was set aside last month by US District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas in Ryan LLC v....more
Employers can breathe a sigh of relief as a Texas federal judge set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) impending ban on non-compete clauses. The FTC published a final rule banning all non-compete clauses with...more
On August 20, a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking the FTC’s proposed non-compete clause rulemaking that had been set to go into effect today. Had it gone into effect (and it may still at some point, as the...more
On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s “Non-Compete Rule” (the “Rule”). ...more