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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Who Qualifies As a ‘Senior Executive’ Under the FTC Noncompete Rule?

With the demise of the doctrine of Chevron deference at the U.S. Supreme Court in the Loper Bright Enterprises case, the future of the Federal Trade Commission’s broad rule banning noncompete agreements nationwide is...more

Oliva Gibbs LLP

FTC’s Ban on Non-Compete Agreements and Strategic Responses for Energy Companies

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Over the past year, you may have heard rumblings about a proposed ban on non-compete clauses in employment agreements.  The day has come: on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its rule banning new...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

FTC Approves Final Rule Banning Non-Compete Clauses

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) broadly banning non-competition (“non-compete”) agreements nationwide. With limited exceptions, the Final Rule prohibits employers...more

Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC

The FTC Bans Non-Compete Agreements – What You Need to Know

In a vote held at a special open commission meeting on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 in favor of issuing the final Non-Complete Clause Rule (the Final Rule) banning post-employment non-compete...more

Smith Gambrell Russell

FTC Rule Banning Most Non-Competes Would Outlaw Forfeiture Provisions

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently issued a Final Rule (the “FTC Rule”) that, unless invalidated by the courts, will soon prohibit most non-compete provisions. In its current form, the FTC Rule will cover not...more

Dickinson Wright

FTCはほとんどの競業避止義務から従業員を解放したが、禁止はどこまで続くのでしょうか?

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連邦取引委員会(以下「FTC」)は、2024年4月23日に開催された公開委員会において、競業避止義務に関する規則(以下「最終規則」)を3対2の賛成多数で可決しました。 この最終規則の発効日は、連邦官報に掲載されてから120日後(「発効日」)であります。 FTCは、競業避止義務は不公正な競争方法であり、連邦取引委員会法第5条に違反すると判断しました。 以下は、最終規則のハイライトであります。 During an Open Commission...more

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FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Most Non-Compete Agreements

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By Thomas McCally and Janette M. Blee On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-to-2 to issue a final rule that will ban most employer-employee non-compete agreements.  The final rule is scheduled to go...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

FTC Issues Clumsy, Overbroad Noncompete Rule. Luckily, It Probably Will Fail.

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule (the “Rule”) which bans businesses from using most noncompete agreements against workers....more

Dickinson Wright

美国联邦贸易委员会宣布员工将不受大部分竞业条款的限制 – 禁令的范围是什么?禁令会持续多久?

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FTC Declares Employees Free from Most Noncompetes, But How Far Does the Ban Go and Will It Last? During an Open Commission Meeting on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 in favor of issuing the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FTC Adopts Broad Ban on the Use of Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Agreements

The Federal Trade Commission has adopted a final rule (“Rule”) declaring it to be an unfair method of competition: With respect to a worker other than a senior executive: To enter into or attempt to enter into a...more

Burr & Forman

FTC Votes To Ban Most Noncompete Provisions

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In a monumental move, the Federal Trade Commission approved a final rule on April 23, 2024, that effectively invalidates most noncompete agreements. This rule will take effect 120 days after it is published in the Federal...more

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Important Takeaways from the Final Rule Banning Non-Competes

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In an anticipated yet groundbreaking turn of events, on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 to issue a Final Non-Compete Clause Rule (the “Final Rule”) which bans U.S. employers from using...more

Hinckley Allen

Federal Trade Commission Issues Final Rule Prohibiting Non-Compete Agreements

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) approved and issued a final rule effectively banning non-compete agreements nationwide (the “Final Rule”). As a result of a 3-to-2 vote, the FTC found that non-compete...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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FTC’s Final Rule Banning Worker Noncompete Clauses: What It Means for Employers

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in a 3-2 vote, issued a final rule that bans noncompete clauses between workers and employers as “unfair method[s] of competition” under Section 5 of the FTC Act, subject...more

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FTC Declares Employees Free from Most Noncompetes, But How Far Does the Ban Go and Will It Last?

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During an Open Commission Meeting on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 in favor of issuing the Noncompete Clause Rule (the “Final Rule”), which, with limited exceptions, makes it unlawful to enter...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Federal Trade Commission Issues Final Rule Banning Most Non-Competes: What You Should Know

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WHAT HAPPENED: On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued the Non-Compete Clause Rule (the “final rule” or the “rule”), which effectively bans the use and enforcement of non-compete agreements with...more

Bowditch & Dewey

New FTC Rule Imposes Sweeping Ban on Non-Compete Agreements with Workers

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In January of 2023, Bowditch alerted clients that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) was proposing a sweeping new rule that would ban the use of virtually all non-compete agreements and have a seismic effect on employment...more

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A Deeper Dive Into FTC’s Proposed Non-Compete Rule

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule that, if made final, would (at least on its face) effectively prohibit non-compete agreements other than in very limited circumstances....more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

FTC Proposes New Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published the Non-Compete Clause Rulemaking, a proposed rule that would prohibit the use of non-compete agreements and preempt all state laws that provide less protection to...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Top Developments to Watch at the FTC on Privacy

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) now has a full slate of Commissioners with the confirmation and swearing-in of Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who brings an extensive background in privacy issues....more

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If an Agency Calls Something Unfair, Does That Magically Make It Unlawful? A Recent Blog Post by the FTC’s Chief Technology...

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Last week, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) tech blog quietly published a post that could have broad implications - for privacy practitioners and beyond. In this post, the agency takes the novel position that if consumer...more

McGlinchey Stafford

No More Cap on Holder’s Liability: A New FTC Perspective on the Holder Rule

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On January 18, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an advisory opinion (the FTC Opinion) to clarify that the FTC’s Trade Regulation Rule Concerning Preservation of Consumers’ Claims and Defenses (the Holder Rule),...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Online Talent Agency Stars in FTC’s 30th COPPA Case

On February 5, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its most recent Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) case against Explore Talent, an online talent agency marketed to aspiring actors and models....more

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California Bill Mandates Privacy By Design For IoT Devices

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Manufacturers of Internet-connected devices (better known as the Internet of Things) should be following a new California bill closely because it would create a mandate under California law that all IoT devices have built-in...more

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