On August 20, 2024, the court in Ryan LLC v. FTC, pending in the Northern District of Texas, granted the plaintiff and intervenors’ motions for summary judgment. The court ruled that the FTC lacked statutory authority to...more
At present, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule on non-competes (the “Rule”) is set to go into effect on September 4, 2024 for virtually every for-profit employer in the United States.
Though legal...more
On Wednesday, July 3, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission granted a limited stay of the effective date for the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule on...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in a party-line vote, approved its final rule banning most non-compete agreements.
The final rule bans all non-competes nationwide, including de facto non-competes,...more
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