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
#WorkforceWednesday: FTC Nixes Non-Competes Nationwide—Now What? - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
Podcast - Exploring the FTC's Aggressive Effort to Limit Employment Agreements
A federal court has issued a nationwide injunction blocking enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) new rule that would ban nearly all non-competition (“non-compete”) deals. The rule, issued on April 23, 2024...more
A Texas court has set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) Final Rule banning almost all non-compete clauses days before it was set to take effect on Sept. 4. Ryan LLC v. FTC, No. 3:24-CV-00986-E, 2024 U.S. Dist....more
The Federal Trade Commission issued a rule that would act as a comprehensive ban on non-compete agreements. The ban would have taken effect next month, and would have invalidated non-compete provisions in millions of existing...more
On Tuesday, August 20th, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction barring enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) ban on non-compete agreements in employment...more
On Tuesday, August 20, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown granted summary judgment, in favor of blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) rule banning non-competes (the “Rule”). The Rule, which had been scheduled to go into...more
On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, in Ryan LLC et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, granted Ryan LLC and the US Chamber of Commerce’s motion for summary judgment and barred...more
In the first definitive ruling on the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule banning most noncompete agreements, the Texas federal judge that previously granted a preliminary injunction to temporarily block the Final Rule from...more
A federal court in Texas has determined the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule prohibiting most noncompete agreements is unlawful, meaning that for now, employers in jurisdictions that permit such agreements can...more
On August 20, 2024, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted a nationwide injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) rule banning non-competes with employees (the “Rule”)....more
On August 20, 2024, in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas barred the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Non-Compete Rule (the “Rule”) from...more
The long awaited collision between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the varied political and legal opinions on the legality of Employment Non-Compete Agreements (Non-Competes) is now moving up the ladder of...more
A federal judge issued a nation-wide injunction on August 20, 2024, barring enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission‘s Rule banning noncompete agreements in the U.S. This Rule was slated to go into effect on September 4,...more