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Winstead’s Labor & Employment team previously reported that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued its final rule largely banning noncompetes nationwide (“Rule”), spurring races to the courthouse in the federal district...more
July was a busy month for courts analyzing the FTC’s rulemaking authority. In April, the FTC published its final rule banning most employment-based noncompetition agreements (the Noncompete Rule). Immediately after the FTC...more
On July 23, 2024, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a motion for preliminary injunction seeking to stay the effective date of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final...more
On April 23, the FTC issued a Final Rule banning non-compete agreements, subject to a few exceptions. The Final Rule is scheduled to go into effect on September 4. ...more
If there's one thing employers can be sure of from one year to the next, it's that the laws and regulations governing their workplace and workforce are likely to change and develop, at least to some extent. Whether big or...more
A physician signed a non-compete covenant, agreed to be enjoined if he breached, and allegedly did breach. But when his former employer asked a Providence, Rhode Island Superior Court judge to enter an injunction, he refused...more
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently held in Socko v. Mid-Atlantic Systems of CPA, Inc. that a non-compete is enforceable only if a current employee receives new consideration beyond continued employment. The Court held...more
Decades ago, Congress passed the Federal Arbitration Act to combat the hostility courts showed towards arbitration agreements. Since that time, the Supreme Court has repeatedly pronounced the public policy in favor of the...more