California Employment News: Understanding the FTC Non-Compete Ban Key Insights for Employers
California Employment News: Understanding the FTC Non-Compete Ban Key Insights for Employers (Podcast)
The FTC Issued a New Rule to Ban All New Noncompete Agreements
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When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its long-awaited final rule banning virtually all noncompete clauses between workers and employers, it also published 500-plus pages of commentary....more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) adopted a Non-Compete Clause Rule (the “Rule”) that bans non-compete clauses between workers and employers as unfair methods of competition under Section 5 of the FTC...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission, by a vote of 3-2, issued a Final Rule concerning unfair methods of competition and non-compete agreements. The Rule will become effective 120 days after its publication in the...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to issue a final rule that effectively bans most noncompete agreements in the United States. The FTC’s rule is scheduled to go into effect 120 days after it is...more
On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to adopt a monumental final rule prohibiting employers from entering into non-competes against all workers within the jurisdiction of the FTC – a move that is poised to...more
Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its long-anticipated final rule finding that the vast majority of non-compete agreements constitute unfair methods of competition, and are thus invalid. An estimated...more
When is the FTC’s rule effective? The FTC’s non-compete ban is not in effect yet. It does not become effective until 120 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final rule. The Federal Register is...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to publish a proposed final rule that would ban nearly all worker non-competes. If the proposed final rule goes into effect, it will present a major legal change...more
By now, everyone knows that the FTC issued a final rule that would ban all noncompete agreements entered into after the effective date. Effective Date of FTC Ban - The FTC’s noncompete ban is not in effect yet. It...more
As Bradley previously reported, the Federal Trade Commission at the beginning of last year issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to effectively ban employee noncompete provisions as an unfair method of competition in...more
FTC Votes in Favor of Issuing Final Rule. On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted in favor of issuing its final rule which essentially bans all noncompetes going forward and invalidates most...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had approved its final rule that would effectively ban workplace non-compete agreements, with limited exceptions (the “Final Rule”). The effective date of the...more
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to ban the use of nearly all noncompete agreements in America’s for-profit businesses (with only a few narrow exceptions). The party-line vote comes after...more
As Bradley previously reported, the FTC at the beginning of last year issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to effectively ban employee noncompete provisions as an unfair method of competition in violation of Section 5 of...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 along party lines to ban all new noncompete agreements nationwide and render existing noncompete agreements binding most workers unenforceable. The Final Rule,...more
On Tuesday, April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed final rule banning most non-compete agreements between an employer and its workers. The Final Rule aims to have a significant impact on the future of...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced it will be issuing a final rule that bans most post-employment non-competition agreements retroactively. Absent a court order to enjoin the rule, the ban will become...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) voted 3-2 to issue its final rule (“Final Rule”) banning employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers, approving the final rule in a special Open...more
On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved on a split vote a proposed rule that bans virtually all employment noncompetition agreements nationwide. The rule was first proposed in 2023 and is scheduled to go into...more