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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 -

Amicus Brief Filed for 10 National Industry Organizations to Uphold District Court’s Order Setting Aside the FTC Noncompete Ban

Epstein Becker & Green on 2/20/2025

The fight to resurrect the FTC’s Final Rule (the “Final Rule”) banning noncompetes continues in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In August 2024, mere days before the Final Rule was to take effect, Judge...more

Why Employers’ Non-Competes Could Still Be at Risk Despite FTC Rule Being ‘Set Aside’

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/15/2024

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan LLC v. FTC granted summary judgment “setting aside” the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) Final Rule banning non-compete clauses between employers and...more

Antitrust Suit Against Michigan Hospital Moves Forward As Both Sides Denied Summary Judgment

Mintz on 6/7/2017

A federal district court denied summary judgment motions brought by both sides in the government’s antitrust suit against a Michigan hospital alleging an agreement not to compete in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act....more

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Amicus Brief Filed for 10 National Industry Organizations to Uphold District Court’s Order Setting Aside the FTC Noncompete Ban

Why Employers’ Non-Competes Could Still Be at Risk Despite FTC Rule Being ‘Set Aside’

Antitrust Suit Against Michigan Hospital Moves Forward As Both Sides Denied Summary Judgment

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