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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What Does the End of Chevron Deference Really Mean for Employers?

This month, the Supreme Court put an end to “Chevron deference,” the decades-long practice of judicial deference to federal agency interpretations of ambiguous statutory language. What does this mean for employers? Well,...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: July 2024 #5

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee J. Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Supreme Court Opinions Overturn Chevron and Modify the Statute of Limitations Allowed by Lower Courts

On June 28, the Supreme Court handed down Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned the prior Supreme Court precedent, articulated in Chevron v. Natural Resource Defense Council, Inc. and known as “the Chevron...more

Cozen O'Connor

Employment Law Now VIII-145 – Status Update: Injunctions for FTC Non-Compete Ban and DOL Overtime Exemption Regs

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Where are things right now with the injunction decisions on the FTC’s non-compete ban and the DOL’s new overtime exemption regulations? Today’s new episode provides the latest updates, while also discussing the Supreme...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Injunction Junction: Judicial Challenges to New Employment Rules

April 2024 saw a whirlwind of activity on the employment front as executive federal agencies issued a wave of new rules. On April 15, 2024, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced its final rule...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Foley Automotive Update - June 2024

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Analysis by Julie Dautermann, Competitive Intelligence Analyst This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - Foley &...more

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New Federal Labor Rules & Guidelines to Watch Ahead of the 2024 Election

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Election year is here, and it comes as no surprise that federal agencies are rapidly issuing new rules and guidelines ahead of November, although there has been a very unusual number of developments from federal agencies that...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

The FTC's New Rule Invalidates Most Non-Competition Clauses

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in a 3-2 vote, approved a final rule that renders existing non-competition agreements for employees working in for-profit businesses unenforceable, with the exception...more

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FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission voted in favor of issuing a Final Rule banning non-compete agreements, declaring them an unfair method of competition.  The Final Rule will go into effect 120 days after being...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

FTC Finalizes Non-Compete Rule

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On April 24, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission ( “FTC”) published a sweeping ban on non-competes (“Rule”).  The Rule passed by a 3-2 vote, with the FTC’s Democratic commissioners voting in favor, and Republican commissioners...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: April 2024 #5

Tuesday, April 23, 2024: In Party-Line Vote, Federal Trade Commission Majority Approved Final Rule Preventing Most Worker Noncompete Agreements - Voting along party lines, a majority of the five-member Federal Trade...more

Bodman

New DOL and FTC Rules (Maybe) Mandate Employment Changes

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It was a busy and high-profile week for the Department of Labor (“DOL”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), both of which issued new rules that require employers to thoroughly review their use of the exempt...more

Payne & Fears

FTC Rule Bans New Non-Compete Agreements Nationwide

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Today, the FTC approved and issued its Final Rule that, in effect, bans all post-employment non-competes nationwide. The rule applies not only to new non-competes, but to most agreements already in force as well.  Like the...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Most Non-Compete Agreements: Takeaways and Next Steps for Employers

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 to promulgate a Final Rule that prohibits the use of almost all non-compete clauses in employment contracts. Absent an effective legal challenge delaying or...more

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FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Noncompete Agreements

On Tuesday, April 23rd, the Federal Trade Commission voted to enact a final rule banning most non-compete agreements between employers and employees. Generally, non-compete agreements prohibit employees from engaging in...more

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In Split Vote, FTC Approves Controversial Final Rule Banning Most Post-Employment Non-Competes; Rule Already Subject to Challenge...

On April 23, 2024, by a 3-2 margin, the FTC voted to finalize its controversial non-compete rule, which, generally, will prohibit businesses from entering into non-compete agreements with nearly all workers across the U.S....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Employers Beware: FTC Announces Final Rule Banning Worker Non-Competes

The Final Rule, if it survives significant legal challenges and the challenges yet to come, will ban all existing and future non-compete agreements with workers, with only narrow exceptions. The FTC Final Rule imposes a...more

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Federal Trade Commission Issues Rule Banning Non-Competes in the Workplace

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On April 23, 2024, in a 3 to 2 vote, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to implement its final rule prohibiting non-compete agreements in the workplace. What the Final Rule Prohibits - Scheduled to take effect 120 days...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

FTC Bans Noncompete Agreements: What employers need to know about the FTC’s Noncompete Rule

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a Final Rule (the “Rule”) prohibiting the use of non-compete restrictive covenants (with a limited exception) throughout the United States as an unfair method of...more

McAfee & Taft

FTC announces nationwide ban on noncompetes in the workplace

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More than a year after the Federal Trade Commission proposed a game-changing nationwide ban on noncompete agreements, the agency yesterday issued its final rule for implementing the ban. The prohibition, which is slated to go...more

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FTC Charges Forward with Sweeping Non-Compete Ban

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") narrowly voted (3-2) to issue a final rule banning almost all non-compete agreements nationwide.  The rule is set to take effect 120 days after it is published in the...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

FTC Bans Noncompetes

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a new rule broadly banning noncompete agreements, marking a sea change in their regulation, which previously has been primarily governed by state law. Once effective, existing...more

King & Spalding

FTC Issues Near-Total Ban on Non-Competes in Final Rule, with a Narrow Exception for Existing Agreements with “Senior Executives”

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in a party-line vote, approved its final rule banning most non-compete agreements. The final rule bans all non-competes nationwide, including de facto non-competes,...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

BREAKING NEWS: The FTC’s New Rule Invalidates Most Non-competition Clauses

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in a 3-2 vote, approved a final rule that renders existing non-competition agreements for employees working in for-profit businesses unenforceable, with the exception...more

White and Williams LLP

Federal Trade Commission Prohibits Nearly All Non-Compete Agreements

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to approve the Final Rule that (1) prohibits employers from entering into non-compete agreements with workers and (2) requires employers to rescind nearly all...more

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