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Texas District Court Sets Aside FTC Non-Compete Ban: What Employers Should Consider

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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

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Ban on the Run: Federal Court Blocks the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Nationwide

A Federal Court has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule (the “Rule”) that was set to broadly ban nearly all forms of non-compete agreements. On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of...more

Frantz Ward LLP

Update - FTC’s Noncompete Ban Blocked By Federal Judge

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A federal judge last Tuesday blocked the FTC’s controversial ban on noncompete agreements. The judge’s ruling ends months of speculation and prevents the FTC’s near-total ban on noncompete agreements from taking effect as...more

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Federal Judge Sets Aside the FTC’s Noncompete Ban

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Not so fast and not so final – for now. On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas sided with a plaintiff group comprised of a limited liability company, a...more

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Challenge Denied: District Court Rules That FTC's Impending Nationwide Ban on Noncompetes Is Unlawful and Blocks Its...

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As previously alerted, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) voted 3-2 this past April to publish and issue a final rule that (1) bans for-profit employers from entering into agreements with workers that impose a...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Legal Update: Court Halts Enforcement of FTC Non-Compete Final Rule

On August 20, 2024, in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs and set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC)...more

Alston & Bird

Noncompete Clauses Get a Reprieve from FTC Ban: What’s Next?

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As expected, a Texas federal court blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning noncompete clauses. Our Labor & Employment and Antitrust Groups break down the court’s reasoning and look ahead to what might come next....more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down FTC Non-Compete Ban

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Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Tuesday struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) pending ban on non-compete covenants, concluding that the issuance of the FTC’s Rule...more

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Texas Federal Court Halts FTC Noncompete Rule for All Employers Nationwide

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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

Ballard Spahr LLP

Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down FTC Non-Compete Ban

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On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final Rule that the FTC enacted to ban non-compete agreements. Judge Brown held...more

Baker Donelson

Non-Competes Still Play but Employers Need to Keep Their Eye on the Ball

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If you bet against the FTC's Rule banning non-competes, the odds in your favor just got better. A Texas federal court entered an order with nationwide effect, holding that the FTC Non-Compete Rule "shall not be enforced or...more

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Texas Court Invalidates FTC Ban on Non-Compete Agreements

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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

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Texas Court Issues National Injunction Barring Enforcement of the FTC’s Noncompete Ban

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In a complete victory for plaintiffs, a Texas court permanently enjoined the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning nearly all employee noncompetes. In the absence of the court’s decision, the rule had been scheduled...more

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Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down FTC’s Noncompete Ban

On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas set aside and barred the nationwide implementation and enforcement of the FTC’s Final Noncompete Rule....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

FTC Non-Compete Rule Blocked: Court Overturns FTC’s Ban on Non-Competes

On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a nationwide ruling blocking the implementation of the final Noncompete Rule (the “Final Rule”) announced by the U.S. Federal...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

A Texas Court Strikes Down the FTC’s Non-Compete Rule: What’s Next?

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On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted a nationwide injunction setting aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) rule banning most non-compete clauses in...more

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The FTC Non-Compete Ban Clings to Life: Prepare Now Ahead of the Deadline

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The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule prohibiting most post-employment non-compete agreements (Final Rule) is set to take effect on September 4, 2024. The ban applies to non-competes for U.S. workers in most...more

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FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Effective Date Nears, PA Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction

With the effective date of the FTC’s ban on non-competes looming, a federal Judge in Pennsylvania declines to issue a preliminary injunction.  A federal judge in Pennsylvania recently declined to enter an injunction...more

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District Courts Split On Federal Trade Commission’s Non-Compete Clause Rule

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On July 23, 2024, Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to enjoin the Federal Trade Commission...more

Stevens & Lee

Headed to the Finish Line – The FTC’s Noncompete Rule

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On July 23, 2024, U.S. District Court Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge (E.D. Pa) denied the request of ATS Tree Services, LLC (ATS).[1], a tree care company operating in Eastern Pennsylvania, for issuance of a stay of the Sept. 4,...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Opposing Decisions – Does the FTC Have the Authority to Ban Non-Compete Clauses

In April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) promulgated a new rule banning non-competes (the Rule); The FTC adopted the Rule to prohibit employers from entering into or enforcing non-compete clauses with workers and senior...more

Troutman Pepper

Pennsylvania Court Denies Injunction Against FTC’s Noncompete Ban

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In direct conflict with a recent Texas court ruling, on July 23, an Eastern District of Pennsylvania court denied ATS Tree Services’ motion for a preliminary injunction to stay the effective date of the Federal Trade...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

FTC’s Noncompete Ban Survives Preliminary Challenge in Pennsylvania Federal Court

On July 23, 2024, the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a request for a preliminary injunction to stay the FTC's Non-Compete Clause Rule (the "Rule"). Set to take effect on September 4, 2024, the...more

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Federal Court Denies Plaintiffs’ Motion for Reconsideration Seeking Expanded Scope of Injunction Staying the FTC’s Noncompete Rule

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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

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FTC’s Rule Banning Noncompete Agreements Partially Blocked by Federal Judge

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A federal judge has partially blocked a rule by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban most employer noncompete agreements. Our Labor & Employment and Antitrust teams weigh in on the impending ban’s uncertain future....more

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