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In Fortiline, Inc. v. McCall, the plaintiffs sought to enforce a noncompetition agreement against its former employees through a preliminary injunction. The court denied the injunction, holding the noncompetition agreements...more
Florida just enacted a new law that seals its status as the most enforcement-friendly state in the country for non-compete and garden leave agreements. The “Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality,...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is appealing a Texas federal court ruling that struck down the FTC’s noncompete ban nationally, teeing the case up to be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit....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
On October 4, 2024, Plaintiff ATS Tree Services, LLC (“ATS”) voluntarily dismissed its claims against the FTC challenging the agency’s Non-Compete Rule. See ATS Tree Services, LLC v. Fed. Trade Comm’n, et al., No....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
On September 26, 2024, a Boston-based federal appeals court refused to extend California’s sweeping noncompete ban to agreements that were signed outside the state and governed by another state’s law....more
Just over a month ago, employers throughout the United States breathed a sigh of relief after Judge Ada Brown in the Northern District of Texas issued a summary judgment ruling in the Ryan v. FTC litigation setting aside the...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
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
A Federal Court has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule (the “Rule”) that was set to broadly ban nearly all forms of non-compete agreements. On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of...more
On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, overturned the FTC Non-Compete Rule (16 C.F.R. § 910.1-.6), which was set to ban all new non-compete agreements in the...more
A federal judge last Tuesday blocked the FTC’s controversial ban on noncompete agreements. The judge’s ruling ends months of speculation and prevents the FTC’s near-total ban on noncompete agreements from taking effect as...more
Not so fast and not so final – for now. On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas sided with a plaintiff group comprised of a limited liability company, a...more
As previously alerted, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) voted 3-2 this past April to publish and issue a final rule that (1) bans for-profit employers from entering into agreements with workers that impose a...more
On August 20, 2024, in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs and set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC)...more
As we predicted in our May 1, 2024 Client Alert, the Federal Trade Commission’s Noncompete Rule (the “Rule”) has been struck down on a nationwide basis. On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern...more
As expected, a Texas federal court blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning noncompete clauses. Our Labor & Employment and Antitrust Groups break down the court’s reasoning and look ahead to what might come next....more
Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Tuesday struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) pending ban on non-compete covenants, concluding that the issuance of the FTC’s Rule...more
On August 20, 2024, a federal court in Texas granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, setting aside and rendering unenforceable the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) rule banning...more
On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final Rule that the FTC enacted to ban non-compete agreements. Judge Brown held...more
If you bet against the FTC's Rule banning non-competes, the odds in your favor just got better. A Texas federal court entered an order with nationwide effect, holding that the FTC Non-Compete Rule "shall not be enforced or...more
By now, employers across the country are aware of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) pending rule banning the vast majority of non-competition agreements on a national level (the “Rule”). We have been tracking the Rule...more
In a complete victory for plaintiffs, a Texas court permanently enjoined the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning nearly all employee noncompetes. In the absence of the court’s decision, the rule had been scheduled...more