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Non-Compete Compliance in 2025: State Trends and Employer Strategies
FTC and Florida Focus on Non-Competes, SCOTUS to Rule on Pension Withdrawal Liability - #WorkforceWednesdayÂŽ - Employment Law This WeekÂŽ
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From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending â Payments Pros â The Payments Law Podcast
Driving Digital Security: The FTC's Safeguards Rule Explained â Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
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Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industryâs New Era Under Trump Unveiled â Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Compliance Needs are Alive and Well: FTC's Recent Enforcement Activity
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2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 51 â The Compliance Week at 20 Edition
A reconstituted Federal Trade Commission (Commission) has asked the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to grant it a 60-day continuance to consider whether to drop the defense of its rule banning noncompetes. As previously...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 federal judge in Texas has enjoined the Federal Trade Commissionâs ban on noncompete agreements, leaving the FTCâs attempt to quash such agreements waiving in the breeze, at least for the time being....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
This week, on our Spilling Secrets podcast series, our panelists delve into the implications for employers following the recent blockage of the Federal Trade Commissionâs (FTCâs) non-compete ban. On August 20, 2024, the U.S....more
The Federal Trade Commission recently posted a notice on its website acknowledging that the federal court injunction issued in Texas will prevent implementation for now of its final regulations restricting use of...more
The Federal Trade Commissionâs (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
This past April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule (Rule) that amounted to a near total nationwide ban on employersâ use of non-compete agreements. Since its announcement, employers have actively attempted to...more
On July 10, 2024, we sent you an update informing you that Judge Ada Brown of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas had entered a preliminary injunction blocking the Federal Trade Commission...more
Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Tuesday struck down the Federal Trade Commissionâs (FTC) pending ban on non-compete covenants, concluding that the issuance of the FTCâs 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
For those of you who have been following along with the Federal Trade Commissionâs (FTC) looming noncompete ban and the various challenges it has presented, there comes good news for employers from a Texas federal court....more
On Tuesday, August 20, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown granted summary judgment, in favor of blocking the Federal Trade Commissionâs (âFTCâ) rule banning non-competes (the âRuleâ). The Rule, which had been scheduled to go into...more
Employers that rely on non-compete agreements to protect their trade secrets and other legitimate business interests got some welcome news on August 20. The Federal Trade Commissionâs (FTC)Â final non-compete rule, which seeks...more
On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated the Federal Trade Commissionâs (FTC) final Rule that the FTC enacted to ban non-compete agreements. Judge Brown held...more
On August 20, 2024, a Texas federal court judge issued an order halting the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) non-compete rule, preventing it from taking effect on September 4, 2024. The order, issued by Judge Ada Brown, held...more
This week, Judge Ada E. Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan v. The Federal Trade Commission upheld a challenge by business groups to the FTCâs non-compete ban. In addition to confirming...more
On August 20, 2024, a federal court in Texas permanently blocked the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) final rule banning most non-competes. U.S. District Judge Ada Brown granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in...more
On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Dallas Division) struck down the Federal Trade Commissionâs (FTC) non-compete rule, 16 CFR § 910.1-6, that was set to take effect...more
By now, employers across the country are aware of the Federal Trade Commissionâs (âFTCâ) pending rule banning the vast majority of non-competition agreements on a national level (the âRuleâ). We have been tracking the Rule...more
On Tuesday, August 20, a Texas federal judge set aside the FTCâs âNon-Compete Ruleâ (the âRuleâ).  This decision comes just two weeks before the FTCâs nationwide ban on non-competes was set to take effect.  The Court stated...more
On August 20, a federal court in Texas issued an order invalidating the Federal Trade Commissionâs (FTC) ban on noncompete agreements (Final Rule), which had been set to take effect on September 4, 2024. The decision, issued...more
In a complete victory for plaintiffs, a Texas court permanently enjoined the Federal Trade Commissionâs (FTC) rule banning nearly all employee noncompetes. In the absence of the courtâs decision, the rule had been scheduled...more
In Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Aug. 20, 2024, set aside the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Non-Compete Rule, as promulgated in 16 C.F.R. § 910.1-6...more
The Federal Trade Commissionâs (FTC) rulemaking crusade suffered a serious blow this week, when Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas set aside the agencyâs Final Rule that made most employment-related non-compete...more