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Balch & Bingham LLP

Non-Compete Contracts: Legally Undead

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Contracts restraining competition by former employees and contractors have always faced enforcement headwinds, differing state-by-state in their strength and direction. California is most hostile; there, a statute purports to...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Court Strikes Down FTC’s Non-Compete Ban

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On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, the United States District Court in Texas found the FTC rule banning non-compete agreements to be “arbitrary and capricious.”...more

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What Texas Court’s Decision on Non-Competes Means for Businesses

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The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ambitious attempt to implement a nationwide ban on non-compete agreements (with limited exceptions) has hit a significant legal roadblock. On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown...more

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Federal Texas Court Sets Aside with “Nationwide Effect” the FTC Rule Banning Non-Competes

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Once again surprising the country by acting ten days before her own self-appointed deadline, a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a ruling on August 20 in the Ryan v....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Breaking: FTC Non-Compete Rule Set Aside by Texas Court

In a highly anticipated ruling yesterday, the Northern District of Texas issued a final order, which enjoined and set aside the FTC’s Noncompete ban (the “Rule”). See Ryan, LLC v. FTC, No. 3:24-cv-00986-E (N.D. Tex. 2024)....more

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