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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

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

FTC Bans Non-Competes

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

Shutts & Bowen LLP

FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Most Non-Compete Agreements

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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

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FTC Votes to Effectively Ban Noncompete Agreements

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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

Venable LLP

FTC Strikes Down Noncompete Agreements

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) greenlit a sweeping prohibition on the use of noncompete agreements by for-profit employers nationwide. In a party-line vote, the FTC voted 3–2 to approve a final rule...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Federal Trade Commission Announces New Rule Invalidating Non-Compete Agreements

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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The FTC Has Banned Non-Competes: What Do Employers in the Energy Space Do Now?

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

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FTC Approves Final Rule That Would Ban Almost All Non-Competes

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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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

FTC Moves to Strike Most Noncompetes: Considerations for Cannabis Companies

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

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: FTC Finalizes Near Total Ban of Noncompetes – How You Can Prepare Now

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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

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

FTC Issues Final Rule Effectively Banning Workplace Non-Compete Agreements

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

Perkins Coie

FTC Bans Employee Noncompete Agreements; Challenges Underway

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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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Trade Commission Alters Employment Landscape Through Nationwide Noncompete Ban

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

McDermott Will & Emery

FTC Issues Rule Banning Worker Noncompete Agreements

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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

Brooks Pierce

FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Most Non-Competes; Legal Challenges Underway

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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

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

FTC Hopes to Ban Most Post-Employment Non-Competes

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Votes to Ban Noncompete Agreements

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

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

FTC Bans Noncompetition Agreements

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

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