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April 23, 2024, was a big day for the Biden Administration, as the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) almost simultaneously launched new revamped rules which will affect millions of...more
As previously highlighted by Benesch, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) kicked off 2023 by proposing an unprecedented, sweeping “crack-down” on non-competition agreements. The FTC's proposed rule (“Rule”) would ban...more
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In January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed rule to ban the use of non-compete clauses in employment agreements. The rule follows President Biden’s July 9, 2021, executive order encouraging the FTC...more
This week, we bring you our special Spilling Secrets podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secrets law: On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed rule that would ban...more
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Williams Mullen attorneys Jim Burns (Antitrust & Trade Regulation) and Laura Windsor (Labor, Employment & Immigration) discuss the recent seismic movements at the FTC regarding a proposed rule banning non-competes in...more
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On January 4, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced settlements with three companies for their use of employee non-compete restrictions in alleged violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act. Specifically, the FTC...more
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
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule last week that would ban employers from requiring workers to sign non-compete provisions in employment contracts. The rule also would prevent employers from entering into new...more
On January 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission), an agency charged with enforcing federal antitrust laws and protecting competition, proposed a new rule that would prohibit “employers” from imposing...more
On Jan. 5, the United States Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) proposed a new rule which acts as a complete ban—both prospectively and retroactively—on all non-competition agreements (“non-compete(s)”) (the “Proposed...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its proposal of a new rule on January 5, 2023, that would ban employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers and invalidate all existing noncompetes currently in...more
On January 5, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking under the FTC Act with far-reaching implications for U.S. employers. If enacted and enforced, the proposed rule would prohibit...more
On Jan. 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) seeking to categorically ban nearly all employer non-competition agreements nationwide. If passed in its draft form,...more
On January 5, 2023, the FTC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“proposed Rule”) that would ban most non-competition agreements in the United States and put to the wastebin the 50-state patchwork of laws that currently...more
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On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed regulation that, if adopted, would essentially abolish employee noncompetes across the United States. A proposed FTC regulation on employee...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed a sweeping rule that would ban the use of non-compete provisions in employment contracts and require employers to nullify any existing non-compete clauses...more
In response to a 2021 Executive Order from President Biden, on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued notice of a proposed rule that will prohibit most forms of noncompete agreements between employers and...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a broad proposed rule that would ban employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers. The FTC press release announcing the proposed rule states...more
The FTC Breaks its Silence Following Biden’s Executive Order - On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a sweeping new rule which, if enacted in its draft form, would ban virtually all...more
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