Injunctions for All – Speaking of Litigation Podcast
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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
By now, we all know that the FTC proposed a rule that will ban nearly every noncompete agreement and that a number of companies have filed legal challenges to it. This week, a federal judge in Pennsylvania weighed in, denying...more
Earlier today (July 23, 2024), Judge Hodge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a tree care company’s motion to stay the effective date and preliminarily enjoin the Federal Trade...more
After the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted on April 23 to enact its nationwide ban on non-competes, employers and business organizations did not have to wait long—not even a day—before challengers began opposing the...more
On July 3, 2024, in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s...more
Judge Brown of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a much anticipated Preliminary Injunction to stay the September 4, 2024 effective date of the FTC’s announced ban on non-compete...more
A Massachusetts federal district court enforced a non-compete provision in a franchise agreement to enjoin former franchisees from operating a different branded automotive business at the same location as the former...more
Ex-employee’s golf outing with customer does not violate non-solicit - An auto parts manufacturer in Michigan sought a preliminary injunction against a former sales employee for violating his restrictive covenants,...more
When litigating employment non-competition covenants, issuance by the court of a preliminary injunction may be more important than the ultimate outcome of the litigation. Depending on the circumstances, the injunction can...more
A federal district court denied a motion for preliminary injunction brought by pizza franchisor, Breadeaux’s Pisa, LLC, seeking to stop a former franchisee from operating a competing pizza business. The franchise agreement...more
The parties in the case of Daneshgari v. Patriot Towing Services, LLC, No. A21A0887 (Ga.App. Oct. 21, 2021), had entered into a four-year non-compete agreement in June of 2016 that Daneshgari and his partner began to violate...more
A federal court in Denver granted Fitness Together Franchise, LLC a preliminary injunction against the owner of three former franchisees, three former franchisee entities and three additional entities formed to operate a...more
On August 7, 2020, the Fifth Circuit addressed an issue presently undecided by the Texas Supreme Court; namely, whether reformation of an overbroad non-compete restriction is appropriate, and perhaps even required, at the...more
When seeking to enforce a restrictive covenant, whether a noncompete or a nonsolicit, the standard play-book calls for an aggrieved party to file suit and seek a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to...more
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini outlined a court’s decision to uphold a permanent injunction against a broker finding the appellate rules do not allow for an appeal as a matter of right. In this case, a bank sought...more