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Federal District Court Blocks FTC's Noncompete Rule

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Real World Impact: Making good on her promise to make a ruling on the FTC Noncompete Rule on or before August 30, 2024, United States District Judge Ada Brown granted a motion for summary judgment that sets aside the FTC...more

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Two Recent Federal Court Decisions Conflict with Exception to FTC Non-Compete Ban: Your 3 Steps for Litigating Accrued Non-Compete...

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Even though the FTC’s impending rule that will ban most non-competition agreements specifically carves out claims for violations that accrue before the rule goes into effect – an exception that many federal courts have...more

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The First Ruling Is In: FTC Noncompete Rule Enjoined - But No Nationwide Impact

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Following extensive briefing from Ryan LLC (Ryan), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and briefs from dozens of amicus curiae, the United States District Court for the Northern District...more

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The Impact of the FTC’s Noncompete Rule on Current and Future Noncompete Litigation

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On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to publish a final rule with sweeping effect, purporting to bar prospectively and invalidate retroactively most employee noncompete agreements....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FAQs About the FTC’s Broad New Ban on Noncompetes

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

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The FTC’s “Good Faith” Exception to the Non-Compete Ban: Pending Legal Challenges Are Not a Basis for Non-Compliance

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The FTC’s recently issued Final Rule banning non-competes for most workers prohibits an employer from (1) threatening to enforce a non-compete against a worker, (2) advising the worker that, due to a non-compete, they should...more

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FTC Non-Compete Ban Timeline

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What's the latest on the legal challenges to the FTC's ban on non-compete agreements? Here is a timeline of the decisions and events leading up to the final rule and the legal challenges since: • January 5, 2023 – The...more

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Noncompete News: Will New York City's Noncompete Ban Beat the FTC Final Rule to the Punch?

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As we recently reported, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its long-awaited final rule on April 23, 2024, banning virtually all noncompetition agreements between employers and workers. Lawsuits challenging the final...more

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Analysis of FTC Non-Compete Ban Legal Challenges: Does the Ban Pass Constitutional Muster? (And Other Issues)

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted in a 3 to 2 decision along party lines to adopt its Final Non-Compete Clause Rule (“Noncompete Rule”) banning post-employment non-compete clauses between employers...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Life After the FTC Non-Compete Ban: What Companies Should Know

In a novel and sweeping act of substantive rulemaking, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) determined that non-compete agreements between employers and workers constitute an “unfair method of competition” prohibited under...more

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Summary of FTC’s Non-Compete Prohibition and Best Practices For The Business World

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As reported earlier, the FTC voted this week to approve its Final Non-Compete Clause Rule (the “Rule” or “Final Rule”), which outlaws almost all non-compete agreements between employees and employers throughout the country. ...more

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