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Washington Increases Minimum Wage and Salary Thresholds for Exemption and Non-Competes

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The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has announced the state minimum wage for 2025.  In Washington, the state minimum wage is calculated annually (and generally increases) based on inflation.  Effective...more

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Maryland Employers: Six Must-Know Employment Law Changes

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The Maryland legislature recently passed several laws that affect pay transparency, family and medical leave, the scope of the State’s antidiscrimination laws, workplace safety, and noncompete agreements. As many of these new...more

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FTC Ban on Non-Competes Is Blocked — For Now

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Back in April 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule that would have banned non-compete agreements nationwide as of September 4, 2024. (You can read our alert on the FTC’s final rule here.) However, on...more

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10 Things Employers Still Need to Consider Even Though the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban is Dead: Your Reminder To-Do List

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You probably know the federal non-compete ban is on ice for now – but that doesn’t mean employers are free to use non-competes indiscriminately. What remains in the wake of the FTC’s ban is a highly complex, constantly...more

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

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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

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The FTC Rule Banning Noncompetes is (Probably) Dead: 7 Questions Employers are Asking

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Many employers breathed a sigh of relief last week after a federal judge in Texas struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements....more

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

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FTC Non-Compete Ban Will NOT Become Effective September 4, 2024

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As suspected and previewed in PilieroMazza’s April 24, 2024 blog, a Texas federal judge permanently blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) impending restriction on non-competition agreements (Non-Compete Rule). This...more

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Federal Court strikes down FTC rule that would have banned non-competition agreements starting September 4

On Tuesday, August 20, a federal judge in Texas shot down the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning noncompete agreements (“the Rule”) that was set to take effect September 4. This means that the FTC cannot enforce the...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Federal Court Blocks FTC’s Non-Competition Ban

As reported in Shumaker’s prior Client Alert, on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) implemented a Final Rule banning nearly all non-competition agreements as of September 4, 2024. Under this Final Rule,...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Client Update: Texas Court Strikes Down FTC Rule on Employee Non-Competes

We recently provided a Client Alert providing an update on the status of the Final Rule (the “Rule”) issued by the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”), which would make most covenants not to compete between employers and...more

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Employers Score Another Win Against FTC, But Noncompete Ban Looms

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In July, this blog alerted you to the outcome of the preliminary injunction rulings in Ryan, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission and ATS Tree Services, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, which resulted in a 1-1 tie between...more

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Texas Federal Court Blocks FTC's Non-Compete Ban

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On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas issued her much anticipated order which officially set aside the FTC’s Final Rule Banning Non-Competes (the “Ban”), which we first brought to your...more

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Update – Federal District Court Sets Aside the FTC’s Rule Banning Non-Competes

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On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas granted summary judgment against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and set aside the FTC’s rule adopting a ban on most non-competition...more

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The Current Status of the FTC Rule Banning Noncompete Covenants

Now that the dust has settled on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) April 23 final rule that might eventually prohibit virtually all employee non-compete agreements (with only extremely limited exceptions), where do things...more

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Pennsylvania Enacts Law Banning Certain Non-Compete Agreements with Healthcare Providers

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On July 23, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act (the “Act”), which bans certain noncompete covenants, including patient nonsolicitation provisions, between an...more

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Pennsylvania Passes Law Limiting Use of Noncompetes for Health Care Practitioners

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On July 17, 2024, Governor Josh Shapiro approved Pennsylvania’s first statute imposing limitations on the use of noncompetes in the state....more

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Texas Federal Court Enjoins Federal Trade Commission’s Ban on Non-Compete Agreements

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On July 3, 2024, a federal court in Texas issued an order that partially enjoins the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) from implementing or enforcing its Final Rule prohibiting most non-compete agreements (the “Final Rule”),...more

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Texas District Court Preliminarily Enjoins FTC’s Non-Compete Ban for Named Plaintiffs

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As we previously reported, here, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Final Rule on April 23, 2024 that would prevent most employers from enforcing non-compete agreements against workers, effective September 4, 2024...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

The FTC Non-Compete Rule: Current Status and Practical Advice for Employers

As most employers know, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a controversial rule earlier this year that will prohibit virtually all noncompete restrictions (the “Non-Compete Rule”) as of its effective date, Sept. 4,...more

White and Williams LLP

What Does The Future Hold For Non-Competes After The FTC’s Proposed Ban?

In the newest episode of The Employment Law Counselor, in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Scott Casher, Partner and Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Practice Group, joins host Jeffrey Stewart...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Federal Court Partially Halts Noncompete Rule

On July 3, 2024, United States District Court Judge Ada Brown ruled against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and issued a preliminary injunction postponing the implementation of the agency’s controversial rule banning...more

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Louisiana Becomes Latest State to Prohibit Nondisclosure Clauses Related to #MeToo Claims

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Under a new Louisiana law enacted on June 25, 2024, nondisclosure clauses required by an employer and agreed to prior to a hostile work environment dispute or sexual harassment dispute will be unenforceable. Louisiana joins...more

Troutman Pepper

A Look at Three Noncompete Bans Under Consideration in NYC

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Q: Is New York City considering a total ban on noncompete agreements? A: Yes — a total ban on noncompete agreements would be the result of one of the three noncompete bills currently pending in the New York City Council,...more

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First Test of FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Will Be Without Oral Argument

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The Federal Trade Commission promulgated regulations that stand to ban non-compete agreements in employment relationships nationwide. These regulations are scheduled to become effective on September 4, 2024....more

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