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A Federal Court in Texas Strikes Down the FTC’s Nationwide Non-Compete Ban

On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Dallas Division) struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) non-compete rule, 16 CFR § 910.1-6, that was set to take effect...more

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FTC Rule Addressing Noncompete Covenants: Impact of Senior Executive Exception on Health Care Entities

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The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Final Rule banning noncompete covenants for workers is likely to present particular challenges for employers in the health care industry. Because of the structural and organizational...more

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FTC Signals Its Intent To Pursue Nonprofit Health Care Entities With Its Non-compete Ban Whenever Possible

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Are nonprofit health care entities exempt from the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Final Rule banning non-competes in worker agreements? The answer is not cut and dry. While the FTC’s authority generally stops at the doors...more

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Noncompetes, Once a Fixture in Healthcare Contracts, Are No More

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The Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) issued a final rule (the “Rule”) that prohibits existing and future noncompetition provisions for all workers, except that pre-Effective Date (defined below) noncompetition provisions...more

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FTC Noncompete Rule's Impact On Healthcare Nonprofits

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The Federal Trade Commission recently approved a final rule prohibiting companies nationwide from enforcing new and existing noncompete agreements on anyone other than senior executives. Unless the effective date is...more

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FTC Issues in Healthcare

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The Federal Trade Commission recently propounded a rule regarding non-competes. This is complicated, as is demonstrated by the extensive FTC comments that are a hundredfold longer than the regulation itself. Of significant...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

What the FTC’s Noncompete Ban Means for Healthcare

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued its Final Rule banning employers from imposing post-employment noncompete requirements on their workers (the “Final Rule”). The FTC has indicated that it will...more

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FTC Final Rule Banning Most Non-Competes Passes – What Nonprofits Need to Know

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) conducted a special Open Commission Meeting to vote on a Final Rule (the “Rule”) banning most non-compete clauses as an “unfair method of competition.” By a vote of 3-2,...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

What the FTC’s Rule Banning Non-Competes Means for Healthcare

The FTC unveiled its long-awaited final rule banning most non-compete agreements during a live broadcast of a Commission meeting on April 23, 2024. The proposed rule, which was first announced in January 2023, underwent an...more

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Status Of Covenants Not To Compete And Liquidated Damages Provisions

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Question: Are covenants not to compete and liquidated damages provisions in employment agreements still enforceable? I have seen news reports about the Federal Trade Commission and National Labor Relations Board being...more

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Podcast - The Latest on Antitrust and Non-Compete Agreements in Healthcare

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In this episode of "Counsel That Cares," antitrust attorney David Kully and labor and employment attorney Mark Peters take a deep dive into the latest updates regarding non-solicitation and non-compete agreements in the...more

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The State AG Report – 4.28.2023

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •FTC Targets Optometrists, Ophthalmologists Suspected of...more

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Federal Trade Commission’s Focus on Non-Compete Clauses has Health Care Implications

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As proposed, the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule to prohibit employers from using non-compete clauses in employment agreements would have sweeping impact on health care practices and hospitals employing restrictive...more

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FTC Issues Proposed Rule to Ban Non-Competes in the Labor Market

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On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) regarding non-compete agreements. The Proposed Rule would prohibit non-compete clauses in labor contracts for most...more

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Renown Health-FTC Antitrust Agreement: Guidance for Hospitals Acquiring and Employing Physicians

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Renown was represented in the agencies' investigation and the ensuing settlement negotiations by Ober/Kaler principal Bill Berlin, a member of the firm's Antitrust and Competition Group. On August 6, 2012, Renown...more

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Healthcare Legal News - August 15, 2012 • Volume 2, Number 7

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In This Issue: - Recent Cases Deal With Impact Of Termination Of Employed Physicians - Reimbursement News: Happy New Year!: Increase In Payments To Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers -...more

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Federal Trade Commission Settles with Healthcare Group over Recent Acquisitions of Cardiologists

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On August 6, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) agreed by a vote of 5-0 to enter into proposed settlements with Renown Health regarding that group’s recent acquisitions of two cardiology groups in Reno, Nevada. The...more

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