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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Restrictive Covenants Enforcement

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Are Non-Compete Agreements Banned in Texas?

Last year in April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a rule to ban most non-compete agreements nationwide. Within hours the rule was challenged in courts across the country, and after months of federal litigation...more

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Legal Trends in Middle Market M&A Deals

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As we close 2024, middle market M&A transactions, typically valued between $10 million and $500 million, have begun to show signs of finally rebounding from their peak in 2021.  As deal activity continues to ramp up, here are...more

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Beltway Buzz - October 2024 #4

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

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Court Ruling in Ohio Highlights Evolving Non-Compete and Non-Solicit Landscape

As the Federal Trade Commission’s Non-Compete Rule is appealed through the federal courts, a ruling from a court in Cleveland, Ohio, exemplifies how certain courts have recently approached non-compete and non-solicitation...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Non-Competes Still Vary by States

This case serves as a good reminder that non-competes are not dead in the U.S. Despite the publicity around the FTC's ban on non-competes (which has been enjoined by two district courts for now), states remain free to...more

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District Court Issues Injunction Prohibiting Enforcement of FTC Non-Compete Ban

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The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission issued an order July 3, 2024, enjoining the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from enforcing its Non-Compete Rule (Rule). The...more

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The Impact of the FTC’s Noncompete Rule on Current and Future Noncompete Litigation

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On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to publish a final rule with sweeping effect, purporting to bar prospectively and invalidate retroactively most employee noncompete agreements....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FAQs About the FTC’s Broad New Ban on Noncompetes

When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its long-awaited final rule banning virtually all noncompete clauses between workers and employers, it also published 500-plus pages of commentary....more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Good Riddance? The Uncertain Future of Covenants Not to Compete

I have a complicated relationship with my favorite Green Day song. Why is a song most often played as the backdrop to graduation videos hoping you “had the time of your life” called, “Good Riddance”? I am similarly...more

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

In-Compliance: Holtzman Vogel's April 2024 Round-Up

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to adopt a final rule banning noncompete agreements. The FTC defines a "non-compete clause" broadly as a term or condition of employment that prohibits a worker from, or...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Federal Trade Commission Approves Rule Banning Most Noncompetes

Today the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to approve a Final Rule that, absent a successful legal challenge, will ban most noncompete agreements in the United States beginning 120 days after publication in the Federal...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Antitrust Enforcers Are Increasingly Focused on Labor Markets, and Not Just in the Merger Context

Labor markets have been a focus of antitrust regulators at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since the Obama administration. Indications are that enforcers will be even more aggressive across...more

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2023 Trade Secrets End of Year Report

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2023 was a banner year for trade secrets, non-competes, and other restrictive covenants. Employee non-competes continued to garner attention at the federal agency level, drawing commentary and action from the Federal Trade...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Do as I Say And as I Do – California Amends Its Non-Compete Law

On the heels of the New York and FTC non-competition legislation (discussed here and here), Governor Newsom recently signed an amendment to California’s non-compete ban into law. The amendment, S.B. 699, takes effect on...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Noncompetes Are in the NLRB’s Crosshairs – Can Trade Secret Protections Save Them?

Can you still have noncompete agreements with your employees? What if you explicitly state that the agreement protects trade secrets or other proprietary information? There has been a lot of buzz about this issue, and...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

NLRB General Counsel Says Non-Compete Agreements Usually Violate U.S. Labor Law

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The increasingly loud anti-non-compete chorus gained another voice last week. On May 30, 2023, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board issued Memorandum GC-23-08 (“Memo”), in which she posits that the...more

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Is the government banning my non-competition agreements?

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Employers, make no mistake, the federal government and state governments are targeting employee non-competition agreements, also called non-competes. Broadly, legislatures and government agencies are concerned employers are...more

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Sweeping Ban on Non-Compete Clauses Proposed by Federal Trade Commission

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed an expansive new rule which would impose a near-complete ban on the use of noncompetes (the “Proposed Rule”) by employers. The Proposed Rule is the...more

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Colorado Joins Movement to Limit Non-Competes to High Earners

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Coming just a few months after criminalizing the enforcement of illegal non-competes , Colorado has placed further limitations on restrictive covenants. On May 10, 2022, the Colorado legislature passed HB22-1317, narrowing...more

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