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Wiley Rein LLP

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

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Federal Trade Commission Ends Appeals, Shifts Focus to Noncompete Enforcement

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On September 5, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) formally moved to dismiss its appeals in Ryan, LLC v. FTC (5th Cir.) and Properties of the Villages v. FTC (11th Cir.), effectively abandoning its 2024 Noncompete...more

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FTC’s Rule Banning Non-Competes is Benched, But Enforcement Actions Are in Play

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This Alert is the latest installment in our reporting on the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) 2024 rule banning non-competes and the future of the Commission’s strategy for regulating the use of restrictive covenants in the...more

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FTC Signals Forthcoming Non-compete Enforcement Actions

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On September 4, 2025, the FTC announced an enforcement action and proposed settlement with Gateway Pet Memorial Services (the “Company”), a pet cremation company, over the Company’s overuse of post-employment non-competes...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FTC Stakes Out Its Position on Worker Noncompetes

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Three nearly simultaneous actions of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) confirmed its intentions with respect to employee noncompetes. In the first two related actions, the FTC indicated it will not defend its 2024 rule...more

Blank Rome LLP

New Year, New FTC Chair, and Renewed Focus on Non-Compete Agreements

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It is nearly impossible to think about the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) without thinking about the chaos caused by the non-compete ban it approved last year over vociferous dissent only to have the ban vacated and set...more

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FTC Files Opening Brief in Fifth Circuit Appeal Defending Noncompete Rule

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Background - In August 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a summary judgment order holding that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule banning post-employment noncompetes (Noncompete...more

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FTC Files Opening Brief in Noncompete Rule Appeal

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On Jan. 2, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) filed its opening brief with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ryan LLC et.al. v. Federal Trade Commission, the case in which the plaintiffs are...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down FTC Non-Compete Ban

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Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Tuesday struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) pending ban on non-compete covenants, concluding that the issuance of the FTC’s Rule...more

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