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FTC Takes on Noncompete Agreements as New State Laws Take Effect

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Noncompete agreements are the focus of a new enforcement activity by the FTC this month while states continue to restrict their use. Below are key takeaways for all employers who use noncompete agreements and further...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FTC Noncompete Rule Risks a Wave of State AG Actions

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On April 23, the FTC promulgated its final rule banning noncompetes nationwide. Originally published in Law360 - May 23, 2024....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FTC Non-Compete Ban: What You Need to Know (UPDATED)

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On April 23, 2024, the FTC announced its Final Non-Compete Clause Rule (“Final Rule”), which bans post-employment non-compete clauses between employers and their workers. The Final Rule becomes effective 120 days after being...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

FTC Moves to Strike Most Noncompetes: Considerations for Cannabis Companies

As Bradley previously reported, the Federal Trade Commission at the beginning of last year issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to effectively ban employee noncompete provisions as an unfair method of competition in...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: FTC Finalizes Near Total Ban of Noncompetes – How You Can Prepare Now

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FTC Votes in Favor of Issuing Final Rule. On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted in favor of issuing its final rule which essentially bans all noncompetes going forward and invalidates most...more

Perkins Coie

FTC Bans Employee Noncompete Agreements; Challenges Underway

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On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to ban the use of nearly all noncompete agreements in America’s for-profit businesses (with only a few narrow exceptions). The party-line vote comes after...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Trade Commission Alters Employment Landscape Through Nationwide Noncompete Ban

As Bradley previously reported, the FTC at the beginning of last year issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to effectively ban employee noncompete provisions as an unfair method of competition in violation of Section 5 of...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

FTC Issues Rule Banning Worker Noncompete Agreements

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 along party lines to ban all new noncompete agreements nationwide and render existing noncompete agreements binding most workers unenforceable. The Final Rule,...more

Brooks Pierce

FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Most Non-Competes; Legal Challenges Underway

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On Tuesday, April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed final rule banning most non-compete agreements between an employer and its workers. The Final Rule aims to have a significant impact on the future of...more

Foley Hoag LLP

FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Non-Compete Clauses Nationwide

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued its Final Rule prohibiting non-compete clauses in all agreements between employers and their workers. This controversial ban comes one year and six months after...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

FTC Ban on Non-Compete Agreements

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued the long-awaited Non-Compete Final Rule that prohibits all new non-compete agreements and renders all existing non-competes unenforceable, except in limited circumstances. These...more

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The Federal Trade Commission Votes to Ban Non-Compete Agreements With Limited Exceptions

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On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule banning non-compete agreements, subject to very narrow exceptions, after concluding that non-compete agreements are unfair methods of competition and violate...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

FTC Hopes to Ban Most Post-Employment Non-Competes

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced it will be issuing a final rule that bans most post-employment non-competition agreements retroactively. Absent a court order to enjoin the rule, the ban will become...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FTC’s Final Rule Banning Worker Noncompete Clauses: What It Means for Employers

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in a 3-2 vote, issued a final rule that bans noncompete clauses between workers and employers as “unfair method[s] of competition” under Section 5 of the FTC Act, subject...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Votes to Ban Noncompete Agreements

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) voted 3-2 to issue its final rule (“Final Rule”) banning employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers, approving the final rule in a special Open...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FTC Approves Rule Banning Non-Competes With Workers

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This afternoon, the FTC voted to adopt a proposed final rule banning most non-competes with workers in the United States. The final rule provides that it is an unfair method of competition—and therefore a violation of Section...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

FTC Bans Noncompetition Agreements

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved on a split vote a proposed rule that bans virtually all employment noncompetition agreements nationwide. The rule was first proposed in 2023 and is scheduled to go into...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FTC Announces Vote on Rule to Ban Noncompetes

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that the commission will vote April 23 on its proposed rule to ban noncompete agreements. While the final rule may differ from the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Final FTC Rule on Non-Competes Not Expected Before April 2024

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According to Bloomberg, The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is not expected to vote on the final version of a new rule that would ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts until April 2024. The rule defines a...more

K&L Gates LLP

Emerging and Mid-Sized Managers: Preparing for the FTC's Proposal to Eliminate Non-Competes

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On 5 January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (the FTC) published a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that would broadly ban companies from entering into noncompete agreements with their workers, rescind substantially all...more

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The Latest on What Media Employers Should Know About the FTC’s Proposed Ban on Non-Competes

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By Jamila Brinson The first quarter of 2023 brought a myriad of new laws with which media employers continue to grapple. From ensuring compliance with the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which goes into effect in June, to...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

The Federal Trade Commission Takes on Noncompetes

The FTC is in the midst of a major rulemaking that could impact nearly every labor and service relationship in the nation. In this article from Employee Benefit Plan Review, Mark Konkel and Shea O’Meara look at the FTC’s...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Questions Surround Federal Trade Commission’s Authority to Issue Non-Compete Clause Rule

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With the public comment period coming to a close, business groups and others have made statements and submitted public comments criticizing the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) proposed rule to ban non-compete clauses as an...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

The Federal Trade Commission Enters the Noncompete Political Arena

The political battle around noncompetes just got a major boost from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission). In a bold new move, the Commission announced a historic new rule that would ban nearly all noncompetes...more

Sunstein LLP

The FTC's Proposed Ban on Non-Compete Agreements: The Effect on Trade Secret Protection

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Many employers in Massachusetts use non-competes to protect their intellectual property. Non-compete agreements may be overly broad for that narrow purpose but their virtue is that it is much easier to detect their violation...more

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