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Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a certain industry or locale. The purpose of these agreements is to protect employers or business purchasers from competition stemming from former employees or former owners of a business. less -

In Compliance: Holtzman Vogel's August 2024 Round-Up

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak on 8/28/2024

Eighth Circuit Invalidates Missouri's Two-Year Lobbying Ban for Former Legislators and Staffers - The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated a Missouri state constitutional amendment that imposed a two-year lobbying...more

What Physicians and Their Practices Need to Know About FTC's Noncompete Ban

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 5/10/2024

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a long-anticipated final rule that will effectively ban the use of noncompete clauses by employers, with a few limited exceptions....more

FTC Proposes Nationwide Ban on Non-Competes

King & Spalding on 1/12/2023

On January 5, 2023, in a dramatic and far-reaching agency action, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a notice of proposed rulemaking, effectively banning all non-compete agreements, nationwide. The FTC’s proposed...more

FTC Proposes a Rule to Ban Non-Competition Clauses in Employment Agreements

Smith Gambrell Russell on 1/12/2023

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to prohibit the use and enforcement of non-competition (a.k.a. “non-compete”) clauses in employment agreements. The...more

Sweeping Ban on Non-Compete Clauses Proposed by Federal Trade Commission

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 1/6/2023

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed an expansive new rule which would impose a near-complete ban on the use of noncompetes (the “Proposed Rule”) by employers. The Proposed Rule is the...more

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