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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (40): Rollovers and the Insurance License Issue

The Department of Labor’s final regulation defining fiduciary status for investment advice to retirement investors will be effective this September 23. Where a fiduciary recommendation results in additional compensation for...more

Venable LLP

Supreme Court Grants Cert to Decide the Burden of Proof for FLSA Exemptions

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On June 17, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, adding it to their docket for the 2024-2025 term. This case will finally resolve a split between the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal...more

BakerHostetler

5th Circuit: Motor Carrier Act Applies to Intrastate Transport of Goods in the Flow of Interstate Commerce

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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that employers pay certain employees one-and-a-half times their regular rate of pay for any hours they work over 40 in a workweek. There are, however, several exemptions from the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Department of Labor Rule Establishing Changes to Overtime Exemptions Is Now in Effect: What Steps Employers Immediately Need...

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Employers have been required since August 20, 2023, when the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking, to increase the minimum salary amount required to be paid to qualify for what is known as...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New SCOTUS Case Could Make Fair Labor Standards Act Claims More Difficult for Employers to Defend

The Supreme Court will soon hear a wage and hour case with massive implications for employers defending claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Depending on the outcome, the high court’s decision could make it far...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FAQs About the FTC’s Broad New Ban on Noncompetes

When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its long-awaited final rule banning virtually all noncompete clauses between workers and employers, it also published 500-plus pages of commentary....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Supreme Court Accepts Review of Employer's Burden for Claiming FLSA Exemptions

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers bear the burden of proving the applicability of an exemption from overtime and/or minimum wage requirements. Earlier this year in E.M.D. Sales Inc. v. Carrera, the Fourth Circuit...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

FTC Bans Non-Competes

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) adopted a Non-Compete Clause Rule (the “Rule”) that bans non-compete clauses between workers and employers as unfair methods of competition under Section 5 of the FTC...more

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Section 457(f) Plans and Noncompete Clauses: What the IRS Gave, the FTC May Take Away

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When the IRS published proposed regulations harmonizing key provisions of Code Sections 409A and 457(f) in 2016, executive compensation lawyers and consultants rejoiced. It was not just that a long wait was over (roughly nine...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Most Non-Compete Agreements

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission, by a vote of 3-2, issued a Final Rule concerning unfair methods of competition and non-compete agreements. The Rule will become effective 120 days after its publication in the...more

Jenner & Block

FTC Votes to Effectively Ban Noncompete Agreements

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to issue a final rule that effectively bans most noncompete agreements in the United States. The FTC’s rule is scheduled to go into effect 120 days after it is...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

FTC Issues Final Rule Banning (Almost All) Non-Compete Agreements

On May 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Final Rule that renders invalid non-compete clauses in standard employment agreements. 16 C.F.R. § 910. Although some limited exceptions apply, this new regulation...more

Venable LLP

FTC Strikes Down Noncompete Agreements

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) greenlit a sweeping prohibition on the use of noncompete agreements by for-profit employers nationwide. In a party-line vote, the FTC voted 3–2 to approve a final rule...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Scope and Impact of the FTC’s Non-Compete Rule for Employers

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to adopt a monumental final rule prohibiting employers from entering into non-competes against all workers within the jurisdiction of the FTC – a move that is poised to...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Federal Trade Commission Announces New Rule Invalidating Non-Compete Agreements

Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its long-anticipated final rule finding that the vast majority of non-compete agreements constitute unfair methods of competition, and are thus invalid. An estimated...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The FTC Has Banned Non-Competes: What Do Employers in the Energy Space Do Now?

When is the FTC’s rule effective? The FTC’s non-compete ban is not in effect yet. It does not become effective until 120 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final rule. The Federal Register is...more

Smith Anderson

FTC Approves Final Rule That Would Ban Almost All Non-Competes

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to publish a proposed final rule that would ban nearly all worker non-competes. If the proposed final rule goes into effect, it will present a major legal change...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Practical Advice Regarding FTC’s Non-Compete Ban for Employers

By now, everyone knows that the FTC issued a final rule that would ban all noncompete agreements entered into after the effective date. Effective Date of FTC Ban - The FTC’s noncompete ban is not in effect yet. It...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

FTC Moves to Strike Most Noncompetes: Considerations for Cannabis Companies

As Bradley previously reported, the Federal Trade Commission at the beginning of last year issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to effectively ban employee noncompete provisions as an unfair method of competition in...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: FTC Finalizes Near Total Ban of Noncompetes – How You Can Prepare Now

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FTC Votes in Favor of Issuing Final Rule. On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted in favor of issuing its final rule which essentially bans all noncompetes going forward and invalidates most...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

FTC Issues Final Rule Effectively Banning Workplace Non-Compete Agreements

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had approved its final rule that would effectively ban workplace non-compete agreements, with limited exceptions (the “Final Rule”). The effective date of the...more

Perkins Coie

FTC Bans Employee Noncompete Agreements; Challenges Underway

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On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to ban the use of nearly all noncompete agreements in America’s for-profit businesses (with only a few narrow exceptions). The party-line vote comes after...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Trade Commission Alters Employment Landscape Through Nationwide Noncompete Ban

As Bradley previously reported, the FTC at the beginning of last year issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to effectively ban employee noncompete provisions as an unfair method of competition in violation of Section 5 of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

FTC Issues Rule Banning Worker Noncompete Agreements

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 along party lines to ban all new noncompete agreements nationwide and render existing noncompete agreements binding most workers unenforceable. The Final Rule,...more

Brooks Pierce

FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Most Non-Competes; Legal Challenges Underway

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On Tuesday, April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed final rule banning most non-compete agreements between an employer and its workers. The Final Rule aims to have a significant impact on the future of...more

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