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Federal Court Blocks FTC's Non-Compete Ban

On August 20, a federal judge in the Northern District of Texas ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) cannot enforce its rule banning the use of non-compete agreements for most workers. Significantly, the court...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

Federal Court Vacates FTC’s Non-Compete Rule

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As readers of this blog know, this past Spring, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its final Non-Compete Clause Rule (the “Non-Compete Rule”) in late April 2024, purporting to ban nearly all employment-related...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Federal Court Strikes Down FTC's Noncompete Clause Rule

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As an update to our April 25, 2024 Client Alert, “FTC Issues New Rule—But Not the Final Chapter—on Non-Competes: What Employers Need to Know,” a federal court in Dallas, Texas has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s Rule...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Seismic Shift in Employment and Intellectual Property Rights: FTC’s Nationwide Ban on Noncompete Agreements

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30 million is a BIG number! That is the estimated number of employment contracts that could be impacted by the Federal Trade Commission’s new rule banning non-competes, if it goes into effect on September 4, 2024, as...more

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Lawsuits Lead to Inconsistent Judicial Rulings Regarding the FTC’s Noncompete Ban

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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

Rivkin Radler LLP

Conflicting Orders Create Uncertainty for FTC Noncompete Ban

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission finalized its rule enforcing a noncompete ban for a vast majority of workers. The noncompete ban is set to take effect on September 4, 2024. With limited exceptions, the rule...more

Stevens & Lee

Headed to the Finish Line – The FTC’s Noncompete Rule

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On July 23, 2024, U.S. District Court Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge (E.D. Pa) denied the request of ATS Tree Services, LLC (ATS).[1], a tree care company operating in Eastern Pennsylvania, for issuance of a stay of the Sept. 4,...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Latest Updates on Legal Challenges to FTC Non-Compete Clause Rule: Federal Courts Split on FTC Non-Compete Ban

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As discussed in our previous article, the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) newly enacted Non-Compete Clause Rule (“Rule”) is set to go into effect on September 4, 2024, by its own terms. The Rule would virtually ban all...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Federal Court Declines to Expand Injunction Against FTC Noncompete Rules

Earlier this month, we reported on a preliminary injunction granted to the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed in federal district court in Texas, seeking to block the Federal Trade Commission’s regulations voiding most employment...more

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What the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Means for SMBs

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A final rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) bans employers from entering into new non-compete agreements with all workers. If the FTC can overcome the legal hurdles it faces, the rule could have damaging...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Legal Update: Court Enjoins FTC Noncompete Rule Limited to Named Parties

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In Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas enjoined the FTC from implementing or enforcing its noncompete ban (the “Final Rule”) mainly on the grounds that it exceeds...more

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Plaintiffs in Ryan Case Seek Nationwide Injunction of FTC Noncompete Rule; U.S. Chamber of Commerce Also Seeks Associational...

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We previously reported that Ryan LLC (“Plaintiff”) and the United States Chamber of Commerce (“Plaintiff-Intervenor”), in anticipation of the Northern District of Texas’s merits disposition, would likely seek nationwide...more

Smith Anderson

The Future of the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Remains Uncertain - Consider Making Initial Preparations for Compliance

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As we explained in a previous client alert, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has published a proposed final rule that would ban nearly all worker non-competes. The rule was published on May 7, 2024, and will go into...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Federal Judge Issues Limited Injunction Against FTC's Noncompete Ban

Last week, we received the first indication of a Texas federal court’s position on a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenging the validity of the Federal Trade Commission’s new regulations banning most...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Non-Competes Banned? Not in the Heart of Texas!

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Almost immediately after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its rule essentially banning non-compete agreements nationwide for all workers, the lawsuits started flying. One of the first cases filed was by Ryan, LLC...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

FTC Ban on Worker Non-Compete Agreements Enjoined by U.S. District Court Judge

On July 3, 2024, a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas granted a stay and preliminary injunction on the United States Federal Trade Commission’s near-total ban on noncompete agreements. See Ryan v....more

McCarter & English, LLP

The FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Suffers Its First Setback

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) attempt at a nationwide ban on employee non-compete agreements suffered its first setback last week when a Texas federal district court preliminarily enjoined enforcement of the rule....more

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Court Issues Injunction against Enforcement of FTC Non-Compete Rule

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On July 3, 2024, a federal court in the Northern District of Texas issued an injunction against enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning non-compete agreements (the “Rule”). The Rule was to become effective...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Texas Court Preliminarily Enjoins FTC from Enforcing Its Non-Compete Ban, but Refuses (for Now) to Extend Order to All Employers

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On July 3, 2024, as anticipated, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted Plaintiffs’ and Plaintiff-Intervenors’ motion to stay and preliminarily enjoin the effective...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Judge temporarily blocks FTC noncompete ban on limited basis

A federal judge in Texas has issued a preliminary injunction against a Final Rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission that would ban virtually all noncompetition agreements between employers and employees. The judge...more

King & Spalding

FTC Final Rule on Non-Competes: Texas District Court Stops Short of a Nationwide Injunction and Creates Uncertainty on the...

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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

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The FTC’s Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements is on Thin Ice

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On July 3, 2024, Non-Compete Agreementa federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction that stays the US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) near-total ban on non-compete agreements for the named plaintiffs seeking to...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

“No More Non-Competes,” Part Three: Texas Judge Issues Limited Order Partially Blocking FTC Noncompete Rule

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As we previously addressed, on April 24, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted to finalize its rule prohibiting businesses from entering into or enforcing non-compete clauses in nearly all agreements with workers...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Federal Court Enjoins Effect of FTC Noncompete Rule — But Only for Named Plaintiffs

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On July 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered an order enjoining the enforcement of a rule established by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) abolishing the vast majority of employee...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

The FTC vs. Noncompete Agreements: Ban on Noncompete Agreement Hits a Roadblock

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a much-debated “Final Rule” earlier this year that banned most noncompete agreement nationwide. In support of its position, the FTC declared that such agreements are an “unfair method...more

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