Continuing in the vein of earlier attempts to crack down on non-competition agreements for employees who are covered under the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act"), the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations...more
FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya proposed expanding the agency's power under Section 5 of the FTC Act to situations where employers improperly classify workers as independent contractors. Section 5 of the FTC Act broadly...more
On May 30, 2023, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued Memorandum GC 23-08, setting forth her view that noncompete provisions in employment contracts and severance agreements...more