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Balch & Bingham LLP

Non-Compete Contracts: Legally Undead

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Contracts restraining competition by former employees and contractors have always faced enforcement headwinds, differing state-by-state in their strength and direction. California is most hostile; there, a statute purports to...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

An Overview of the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule Banning Non-Compete Clauses

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in a 3-2 vote, approved in final form its rule banning non-compete clauses in most instances. The rule is scheduled to become effective 120 days after its publication in...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

FTC votes to ban most employment-related noncompetes

Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to issue a Final Rule banning virtually all noncompetition agreements between employers and employees. Employers may enforce pre-existing noncompetes with “senior executives”...more

Paul Hastings LLP

FTC Announces Expansive and Unprecedented Non-compete Ban

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a Non‑Compete Clause Rule (the “Rule”) prohibiting most employee non‑compete agreements as unfair methods of competition by a vote of 3 to 2. The Rule is a...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Re-Evaluating Trade Secret Policies After FTC Adopts Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements

Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) adopted a final rule (3-2) banning new non-compete agreements for both senior executives and non-senior executives. Companies may continue to enforce existing non-compete...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

FTC Proposes Non-Compete Ban

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Earlier today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had voted to essentially ban all non-compete agreements in the United States. Specifically, the FTC issued a final proposed rule banning new non-competes...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FTC Rings in New Year with ‘Major Changes’ to Cybersecurity Orders and Throwback Reference to WISPs

Earlier this month, Andrew Smith, the FTC’s Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, announced that the Commission had made “three major changes” to its data security orders. Citing recent hearings at the FTC, as well...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

Welcome to the Sunshine

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Life under a rock has its benefits - you probably don't get many houseguests, and you're never sunburned. But there are some drawbacks, too. The main one is that you definitely don't know what's been going on out here in the...more

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