Under the Trump administration, the real estate sector will likely face new circumstances defined by deregulation, leadership changes and tax reforms. While reduced compliance costs and regulatory burdens might pose...more
11/7/2024
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With President-elect Trump announced as the winner of the 2024 election, the landscape of U.S. policy is poised for potential shifts that could significantly impact the life sciences sector. To a large degree, the extent to...more
11/7/2024
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On August 20, 2024, a federal district court in Texas issued a permanent injunction blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s “Non-Compete Rule,” which would have prohibited nearly all non-compete clauses with workers.
The...more
On July 23, 2024, a federal district court in Philadelphia refused to issue a preliminary injunction to prevent implementation or enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s April 2024 Final Rule banning worker non-compete...more
In April 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Commission”) announced a Final Rule that would prohibit nearly all existing and future non-compete agreements between employers and workers, subject to specified...more
7/9/2024
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After more than a year of considering tens of thousands of public comments, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has voted 3-to-2 to adopt a Final Rule (the “Rule”) that would effectively ban almost all employee non-compete...more
4/25/2024
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At Dechert, we have been closely monitoring legal developments with respect to the use of non-competes and other restrictive covenants and have observed a growing trend in the United States, the United Kingdom and France...more
3/5/2024
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The Delaware Chancery Court has issued yet another decision invalidating restrictive covenants, continuing a trend of recent decisions in which the court has refused to “blue-pencil,” or modify, covenants. In Sunder Energy,...more
The Federal Trade Commission began the new year by issuing a sweeping proposed rule banning all non-compete agreements between employers and employees. The proposed rule would add a new subchapter to the FTC Act, and would...more
Repetition is not always a rhetorical virtue. Delaware entities seeking to enforce non-compete provisions exclusively in Delaware courts have now been warned: Including non-compete agreements in employment contracts with...more