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FTC Launches Joint Task Force to Investigate and Prosecute Non-Compete Agreements, as FTC Chairman declares the GOP a “Workers’...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/10/2025

As Republicans regain control of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) under the Trump-Vance Administration, employers that looked to maintain and enforce their non-compete agreements with employees may have found solace in...more

FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Is On Hold, For Now

Poyner Spruill LLP on 9/5/2024

Earlier this year, we wrote about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enacting a final rule to ban most all forms of non-compete agreements between employers and employees in the United States (available here). The ban was...more

FTC Non-Compete Ban Blocked; Will Not Take Effect on September 4, 2024

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 8/27/2024

Employers concerned about the enforceability of restrictive covenants can breathe a little easier for now. A Texas federal court has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) final rule banning non-compete agreements...more

Federal Trade Commission Issues Final Rule Prohibiting Non-Compete Agreements (UPDATED)

Hinckley Allen on 5/8/2024

In the article below we informed you that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) approved and issued a final rule effectively banning non-compete agreements nationwide (“Final Rule”). At the time, all we knew about the...more

Analysis of FTC Non-Compete Ban Legal Challenges: Does the Ban Pass Constitutional Muster? (And Other Issues)

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/1/2024

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted in a 3 to 2 decision along party lines to adopt its Final Non-Compete Clause Rule (“Noncompete Rule”) banning post-employment non-compete clauses between employers...more

The Era Of The Non-Compete Agreement Is Ending – Or Is it?

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 4/24/2024

The wait is over, but the fight is just beginning. Will U.S. employers need to break up with non-compete agreements forever? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted “yes” earlier this week in pushing through a Final Rule...more

How Will Proposed FTC Rule on Non-Compete Agreements Affect Your Business?

Conn Kavanaugh on 1/30/2023

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed rule that, if enacted, would amount to a near-total ban on the use of non-compete agreements nationwide. If enacted as written, the FTC’s proposed...more

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