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Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP

FTC Final Rule on Noncompete Clauses: Pending Litigation

There are several legal challenges to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ban on noncompete clauses in employment agreements. There have been multiple lawsuits in varying federal district courts that seek to delay or...more

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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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FTC Rule Largely Banning Non-Competes Put on Ice by Federal Judge

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This past April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule (Rule) that amounted to a near total nationwide ban on employers’ use of non-compete agreements. Since its announcement, employers have actively attempted to...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Federal Court Strikes Down FTC Noncompete Rule

For those of you who have been following along with the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) looming noncompete ban and the various challenges it has presented, there comes good news for employers from a Texas federal court....more

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Court Rules FTC’s Non-Compete Rule Is Unenforceable Nationwide

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The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rulemaking crusade suffered a serious blow this week, when Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas set aside the agency’s Final Rule that made most employment-related non-compete...more

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Pencils Down on Those Notices, Employers: A Federal Judge Just Set Aside FTC Noncompete Rule

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Earlier this summer, Winstead’s Labor & Employment team reported that Judge Ada Brown in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction as applied only to the plaintiffs in Ryan LLC...more

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Breaking News: FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Struck Down For All Employers Nationwide

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A Texas federal court just struck down the FTC’s proposed ban on non-competition agreements on a nationwide basis mere weeks before it was set to take effect, meaning employers across the country can breathe a sigh of relief...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Impending FTC Non-Competition Final Rule

Earlier this year, on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) barring nearly all non-competition provisions for most workers in the United States. The Final Rule is set...more

Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC

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

Rivkin Radler LLP

Conflicting Orders Create Uncertainty for FTC Noncompete Ban

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission finalized its rule enforcing a noncompete ban for a vast majority of workers. The noncompete ban is set to take effect on September 4, 2024. With limited exceptions, the rule...more

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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

Epstein Becker & Green

Federal Court Grants Temporary Stay of FTC Noncompete Rule but Limits Scope (for Now) to Named Parties

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On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, which struck down decades of deference to administrative agencies known as “Chevron deference,” on July 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Supreme Court Overrules Chevron, Calling Federal Agency Rules into Question Including FTC Non-Compete Rule

On Friday morning, the Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451, reversed its long-standing precedent in Chevron USA, Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council (1984), which required courts reviewing...more

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