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2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 51 – The Compliance Week at 20 Edition
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Update on the State of Non-compete Restrictions (LaborSpeak)
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 2
Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. State Action: Texas Limits Punitive Damage Liability For Data Security Breach...more
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
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • California to Repeal Clean Fleets Regulation Following...more
Wyoming AG Bridget Hill was appointed to the Wyoming Supreme Court by Governor Mark Gordon, and will take the bench on May 28, 2025. The Wyoming AG is also appointed by the governor, and AG Hill’s replacement has not yet been...more
After the nationwide injunction barring the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Noncompete ban, we reported our anticipation that state legislatures would likely introduce legislation restricting the use of noncompetes....more
California Bills, Rulemaking, and Enforcement Update - CPPA automated decision-making technology - On November 22, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) opened the formal public comment period on its...more
As 2024 comes to a close and we look forward to 2025, we want to highlight recent changes in employment law that may have an impact on Oregon employers. The following provides a summary of events that occurred in 2024 and...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
On October 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appealed to the Fifth Circuit a Texas federal court’s decision to strike down the FTC’s nationwide noncompete ban. This comes hot on the heels of the FTC’s September 24,...more
True to its word, the FTC has appealed the ruling. Texas District Court Blocks the Non-Compete Rule - As we previously reported, on August 20, 2024, Judge Ada E. Brown, a United States District Judge for the Northern...more
On October 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) gave notice that it would appeal a Texas federal court’s decision halting its non-compete rule (the “Rule”) from taking effect as to all employers nationwide. The...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has appealed a ruling from a Texas district court that set aside the FTC’s rule banning non-competes with employees (the “Rule”). As we previously reported, on August 20, 2024, Judge Ada E....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has appealed a Texas federal district court decision invalidating its rule governing non-competition agreements. In August 2024, in the case of Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission,...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
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
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
With further proceedings anticipated, and in light of the numerous state law restrictions on non-competes, employers should continue to act with caution when presenting employees with non-compete agreements. On August 20,...more
In a victory for Texas health care providers, in Baylor All Saints Medical Center dba Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center‑Fort Worth et al. v. Xavier Becerra, case number 4:24‑cv‑00432, the United States District...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
The Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule banning non-competes will not take effect on September 4, 2024. On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown for the Northern District of Texas ruled on the merits of the...more
On August 20, 2024, a Texas Federal Court issued a nationwide bar on the enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) rule banning nearly all non-compete agreements (the “Final Rule”), which, as we have previously...more
If September 4, 2024, was circled on your calendar as the start of the federal government’s anti-restrictive covenant push into private employment contracts, hopefully it was in pencil. Last week, Judge Ada E. Brown of the...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s efforts to ban noncompete agreements suffered a serious blow when a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction blocking the ban’s enforcement. Implementation of the ban could disrupt...more
On August 20, 2024, a Texas district court issued a decision blocking a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Rule, which would have banned employment-related noncompete agreements....more