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Morgan Lewis

The Impact of Noncompete Laws on Private Equity Transactions and Talent Strategies

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Noncompete agreements, a type of restrictive covenant, have long been used to protect proprietary assets such as goodwill, customer relationships, employee relationships, trade secrets, and other confidential information. In...more

WilmerHale

Post-Mortem on the FTC’s Blocked Non-Compete Rule

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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

Kilpatrick

The FTC’s Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements | What You Need to Know

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The Federal Trade Commission, in a tight 3-2 vote, recently voted to adopt a rule banning non-compete agreements nationwide. Noncompete agreements have never been regulated at the federal level and the FTC’s adoption of its...more

Williams Mullen

Are Your Non-Competes Still Valid? A Summary of the New Federal Trade Commission Rule

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), pursuant to sections 5 and 6(g) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (the “Act”), issued their final “Non-Compete Clause Rule” (Rule). This Rule provides that non-competes...more

Lathrop GPM

Federal Trade Commission Non-Compete Clause Rule May Exempt Certain Nonprofit and Other Types of Employers

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As covered in an earlier client alert by our firm, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s final Non-Complete Clause Rule—if it survives legal challenges and becomes effective—would ban most post-employment non-compete...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

[Podcast]: In a World Without Non-Competes

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In this episode of The Proskauer Brief we are joined by Daryl Leon, one of the leads of Proskauer’s Restrictive Covenants, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition Group and Edna Guerrasio, senior counsel in the Labor &...more

Stevens & Lee

FTC’s Proposed Non-Compete Ban: What Prior Decisions and Guidance May Reveal About the Impact on Nonprofit Healthcare Providers

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In a prior post, we discussed the FTC’s recently-issued Proposed Rule that would, if finalized in its current form, and with only limited exceptions, prohibit employers from using non-compete clauses. With respect the...more

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