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FTC Requests Additional 60 Days to Consider Dropping Defense of Noncompete Ban

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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

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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

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FTC Asserts Its Rulemaking Authority in Opening Brief Defending Its Ban on Noncompetes

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On Nov. 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed its opening brief in its pending appeal in Properties of the Villages, Inc. v. FTC,No. 24–13102 (M.D. Florida). As previously reported, on Aug. 14, Judge Timothy Corrigan...more

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FTC’s Ban on Covenants Not to Compete Remains on Hold

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The legal arguments advanced in these court cases mainly concern whether the FTC has the statutory authority to enact such a ban. Shortly before the September 4, 2024 effective date of FTC’s ban on covenants not to compete,...more

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Breaking Down the FTC Non-Compete Ban Appeals: Heading to a Circuit Split and SCOTUS Intervention?

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The Federal Trade Commission has appealed two federal trial court decisions – one in Texas and one in Florida – that prevented the agency from enforcing its near-total ban on non-compete agreements. The Texas appeal, filed on...more

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FTC Appeals Decision in the Ryan Case: Fate of the Noncompete Rule Now Rests in the Appeals Courts

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On Oct. 18, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) expectedly filed a notice of appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ryan LLC et.al. v. Federal Trade Commission. As has been previously reported, Judge Ada M. Brown in...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Future of Non-Compete Agreements Uncertain After July Court Decisions

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule that largely bans all post-employment non-compete agreements, with limited exceptions. Two decisions in July addressed the FTC’s ban. One found the ban on post-employment...more

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