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A reconstituted Federal Trade Commission (Commission) has asked the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to grant it a 60-day continuance to consider whether to drop the defense of its rule banning noncompetes. As previously...more
In this edition of Insights, we take a closer look at the megadeals and sponsor transactions driving recent M&A activity, the importance of staying ahead of the risks in AI development and deployment, and other diverse...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Non-Compete Rule, which was scheduled to become effective on September 4, 2024, was set aside last month by US District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas in Ryan LLC v....more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued its highly anticipated ruling in a pair of cases challenging the long-standing Chevron doctrine on June 28, 2024. Foreshadowed by decisions in recent years slighting Chevron, it...more
The wait is over. On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed ban on non-compete agreements...more
On May 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Final Rule that renders invalid non-compete clauses in standard employment agreements. 16 C.F.R. § 910. On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the...more
In the case of Ryan LLC v. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al., Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an order with “nationwide effect” on August 20,...more
On August 20, 2024, a federal court in Texas granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, setting aside and rendering unenforceable the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) rule banning...more
By now, employers across the country are aware of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) pending rule banning the vast majority of non-competition agreements on a national level (the “Rule”). We have been tracking the Rule...more
As of yesterday afternoon, employers across the country that utilize noncompete agreements may breathe a sigh of relief, as Judge Ada Brown beat her self-imposed deadline of August 30, 2024 and ordered an end to any...more
Ten days ahead of her self-imposed deadline, Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas issued a memorandum opinion and order granting the plaintiffs’ motions for summary judgment, setting aside the Federal Trade...more
Although the U.S. healthcare industry has weathered the storm over the past couple of years, we may be reaching calmer waters in the coming months. Dry powder held by U.S. private equity investors has reached an all-time...more
This month, the Supreme Court put an end to “Chevron deference,” the decades-long practice of judicial deference to federal agency interpretations of ambiguous statutory language. What does this mean for employers? Well,...more
In Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas enjoined the FTC from implementing or enforcing its noncompete ban (the “Final Rule”) mainly on the grounds that it exceeds...more
We previously reported that Ryan LLC (“Plaintiff”) and the United States Chamber of Commerce (“Plaintiff-Intervenor”), in anticipation of the Northern District of Texas’s merits disposition, would likely seek nationwide...more
We previously reported that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Comm’n, Case No. 3:24-cv-00986-E, granted a preliminary injunction staying the Federal Trade Commission’s...more
On June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo that overturned the “Chevron deference” standard laid out in Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense...more
These days, it seems like there are three guarantees in life—death, taxes, and monumental Supreme Court administrative law opinions in the summer. As you’ve probably heard by now, the trend continues this year, including...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a final rule that would prohibit entering into noncompete agreements and render most existing noncompetes unenforceable. The FTC final rule prohibits entering...more
On June 28, the Supreme Court handed down Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned the prior Supreme Court precedent, articulated in Chevron v. Natural Resource Defense Council, Inc. and known as “the Chevron...more
A first-in-nation ruling in Texas federal court casts serious doubt on the enforceability of the broad-reaching new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Noncompete Rule. For any company seeking to legitimately protect its...more
As reported on July 3 by the Polsinelli Labor & Employment practice group alert, by order dated July 3, 2024 the Northern District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction preventing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from...more
On Wednesday, July 3, 2024, a federal judge in Texas blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s rule that seeks an almost complete ban of non-compete agreements. In her ruling, Judge Ada Brown of the United States District Court...more
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas finally issued its long-awaited decision on the challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule effectively banning most forms of noncompete...more
On July 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a limited stay and preliminary injunction of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) final rule making unlawful virtually all non-compete...more