News & Analysis as of August 5, 2025

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Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a certain industry or locale. The purpose of these agreements is to protect employers or business purchasers from competition stemming from former employees or former owners of a business. less -

Be Global: Employment Law in 5 - March 2025

DLA Piper on 4/2/2025

The 2025 edition of our Global Employment Law Manual is now available to GENIE subscribers. The manual highlights key legal obligations throughout the employment relationship and covers jurisdictions across EMEA, Asia Pacific...more

No Slowing Down: Employers’ Recap of the Trump Administration’s First 50 Days

Fisher Phillips on 3/13/2025

While new presidents are typically judged based on their actions in their first 100 days, the current Trump administration has moved at such a rapid speed that we think another recap is needed at the halfway point. Here’s...more

What’s Next for the Department of Labor? The Confirmation of Lori Chávez-DeRemer

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL on 2/27/2025

Last week, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, former Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chávez-DeRemer, appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for her confirmation hearing. Her...more

Acting NLRB General Counsel Sets New Direction with Rescission Memorandum

Cozen O'Connor on 2/19/2025

For the second time in four years, a U.S. president has quickly dismissed the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and replaced them with a new acting general counsel, who then immediately issued a...more

FTC Proposes Broad Ban on Worker Noncompete Clauses

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/10/2023

On January 5, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking under the FTC Act with far-reaching implications for U.S. employers. If enacted and enforced, the proposed rule would prohibit...more

FTC Seeks to Ban Noncompete Agreements in Employment Contracts

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/9/2023

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a broad proposed rule that would ban employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers. The FTC press release announcing the proposed rule states...more

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