News & Analysis as of

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Litigation Strategies Final Rules

Foley Hoag LLP

UPDATE: Federal Court in PA Denies Preliminary Injunction for FTC’s Noncompete Ban

Foley Hoag LLP on

In our recent alert, we noted that while a Texas federal court’s decision in Ryan LLC v. FTC to preliminarily enjoin the FTC’s noncompete rule applied only to the parties in the case, there was still potential for a broader...more

Brooks Pierce

Pennsylvania Court Refuses to Halt Enforcement of FTC’s Final Rule, Diverging From Recent Texas Court Ruling

Brooks Pierce on

On July 23, 2024 a Federal District Court in Pennsylvania denied an employer plaintiff’s efforts to temporarily halt implementation and enforcement of the FTC’s final rule banning “non-compete clauses” (the “Final Rule”). The...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Pennsylvania Court Rejects Attempt to Block FTC Noncompete Ban

McDermott Will & Emery on

On July 23, 2024, US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania declined to stay the September 4, 2024, effective date of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Final Rule that bans all new noncompete agreements...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Uncertainty Heightened as Two District Courts Reach Conflicting Conclusions on FTC Non-Compete Ban’s Enforceability

Sullivan & Worcester on

Just weeks after a federal court in Texas held that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) exceeded its authority in issuing a rule banning nearly all non-compete agreement (and, therefore, the plaintiffs challenging that rule...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

District Court Finds in Favor of FTC, Declines to Issue Injunction

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) push to invalidate non-compete agreements for millions of workers gained steam today, courtesy of a ruling out of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. As noted by this blog, in April of...more

A&O Shearman

FTC's non-compete rule in limbo following Texas District Court’s preliminary injunction

A&O Shearman on

On July 3, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the “Court”) in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission (“Ryan”) preliminarily enjoined the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) from...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Employers in Limbo After Ruling on FTC’s Non-Compete Ban

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on

Recent headlines implying a general a stay of the Federal Trade Commission’s non-compete rule are misleading. Here’s what employers need to know.  On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission approved a rule banning...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Texas Court Postpones FTC Noncompete Ban

McDermott Will & Emery on

On July 3, 2024, the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas stayed the September 4, 2024, implementation date (the effective date) of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Final Rule that bans all new noncompete...more

Perkins Coie

Employers Left in Limbo by FTC Noncompete Decision

Perkins Coie on

In Ryan v. Federal Trade Commission, Federal District Court Judge Ada Brown released a much-anticipated preliminary injunction decision against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding its pending “Non-Compete Ban.” Case...more

ArentFox Schiff

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

ArentFox Schiff on

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

Foley Hoag LLP

Federal Court Stays FTC’s Noncompete Ban, But Only for Named Plaintiffs

Foley Hoag LLP on

On July 3, 2024, Judge Ada Brown in the Northern District of Texas issued her highly anticipated decision in Ryan LLC v. FTC addressing plaintiff Ryan LLC’s motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to stay enforcement of...more

Dechert LLP

Federal Court Preliminarily Enjoins FTC Ban on Employee Non-Compete Agreements, But Not for the Vast Majority of Employers

Dechert LLP on

In April 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Commission”) announced a Final Rule that would prohibit nearly all existing and future non-compete agreements between employers and workers, subject to specified...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

FTC’s Non-Compete Rule Enjoined for Now – But Only as to the Plaintiffs

On Wednesday, July 3, a Texas federal court enjoined the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning most noncompetes (the Noncompete Rule) and has stayed the implementation of the Noncompete Rule, but only as to the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FTC Non-Compete Ban Preliminarily Enjoined by Texas District Court

On July 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas enjoined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from enforcing and implementing its rule banning non-competes and stayed the September 4 effective date...more

Holland & Hart LLP

FTC's Noncompete Ban On Hold…For Parties Involved in Lawsuit

Holland & Hart LLP on

On July 3, 2024, a federal judge from the Northern District of Texas barred the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) from enforcing its Rule banning noncompete agreements and paused the Rule’s effective date of September 4, 2024....more

McAfee & Taft

FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements halted … sort of

McAfee & Taft on

Earlier this spring, in an article titled “FTC announces nationwide ban on noncompetes in the workplace,” we alerted employers to the Federal Trade Commission’s approval of a final rule implementing a nationwide ban on...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New Developments on the FTC Noncompete Ban: Ryan, LLC v. FTC Decision

On July 3, 2024, in Ryan v. Federal Trade Commission, a district court in the Northern District of Texas preliminarily enjoined the implementation and enforcement against the plaintiff and plaintiffs-intervenors of a Federal...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Texas Federal Judge Preliminarily Blocks Enforcement of FTC Non-Compete Rule

Seward & Kissel LLP on

On July 3, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown from the Northern District of Texas issued a decision, and subsequently a preliminary injunction, staying enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) non-compete ban...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Federal Court in Texas finds FTC Exceeded Its Authority With Noncompete Ban

Pierce Atwood LLP on

On July 3, 2024, a federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction barring the FTC from enforcing its proposed near-absolute national ban on non-competition agreements. The Rule was scheduled to take effect September...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Not So “Final”? Texas Federal Court Enjoins Enforcement of FTC’s Noncompete Ban, Leaving Future of Commission’s Rule in Doubt

On July 3, District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas issued an order enjoining the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) from enforcing its “Final Rule” against plaintiffs Ryan, LLC (“Ryan”) and the U.S. Chamber...more

Butler Snow LLP

Texas Court Finds That FTC Noncompete Rule Is Invalid

Butler Snow LLP on

In a highly-anticipated ruling, a Texas federal court concluded on July 3, 2024, that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) exceeded its authority by enacting its rule in April 2024 that purports to ban nearly all noncompete...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Update Regarding FTC’s Ban on Non-Compete Agreements

On May 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Final Rule that renders invalid non-compete clauses in standard employment agreements. 16 C.F.R. § 910. On July 3, 2024, the United States District Court for the...more

Sunstein LLP

Coping With the FTC Ban on Non-Competition Agreements

Sunstein LLP on

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission issued its long-expected non-compete ban (the “Rule”). The Rule, which is scheduled to go into effect on September 4, 2024, will ban nearly all non-competes across the country....more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Federal Court in Texas Issues Limited Preliminarily Injunction Stopping the FTC’s Non-Compete Rule

On July 3, 2024, the Federal District Court in the Northern District of Texas in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission granted a preliminary injunction staying the effective date of the FTC’s non-compete rule and enjoining the...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

Texas Federal Court Stays Effective Date of Federal Trade Commission’s Non-Compete Rule But Declines to Issue Nationwide...

Earlier today, July 3, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction staying enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) proposed final rule (“Final Rule”)...more

28 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide